As I understand (I have never worked for either, and have no plans to due so anytime in the future) it TSA pilot had the opportunity to avoid all of this. As I understand it TSA rejected the opportunity to have one seniority list for both carriers. It would have resulted in a 3 year contract extension, not good but maybe better than what you have now. The real problem as I see it, and this is from an outsider looking in, is that TSA pilots were negotiating from a point of weakness. The reality is in the current economic environment one needs to pick their battles, the facts are with thousands of pilots on the street pilot groups have very little negotiating power. It seems to me that there was zero hope of stopping GoJet from coming into being, TSA pilots had little power to do anything about it, and so what was the ultimate goal? My personal opinion is TSA guys are getting screwed; however they should have realized they were dealing from a position of weakness not strength. Again this is a prospective of someone on the outside looking in, which is always different from being on the inside. I do know from personal experience that ALPA has a history of handing out bad advice to its membership. I hope TSA flight crews ultimately get this resolved, they deserve a lot better than they have gotten over the years.