It took the USAir/America West debacle for us to finally conclude that the JCBA should come first in the process. After all, we have far more control over how the contract turns out than the seniority list. Letting fallout over a controversial ISL award poison the JCBA effort was costly and foolish. With current Merger and Fragmentation Policy, at least we leverage a collective bargaining agreement before the arbitrators **** everyone off. But we can still waste time fighting over prospective list construction like our opinions mean something.