Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Opus,
Finally thought of a group of Delta pilots that agree completely with NWA's SLI position.
Delta has a handful of pilots who were transfers in from other Departments and Subsidiaries who began flying for Delta in 2007. They have hire dates anywhere from 1984 to 2005. I am sure they would be overjoyed with DOH integration.
If DOH were to happen, I'm sure someone would object to a junior 88FO going to the left seat of the Airbus. The law of unintended consequences always applies somewhere.
This is not how a seniority list is merged even under a DOH system. There is never leap frogging allowed by pilots on their own lists. The first step in a integration is to rationalize each list with the same methods. This is where we account for how NWA and Delta deal with pilots on sick, disibility and leaves. You agree on a common method and apply that method to both lists. Then you go through the lists and give a constructive DOH to pilots who either via previous mergers or prior company service have DOH's that don't match their actual seniority. If the arbitrators award DOH it is the constructive DOH that would be used. Relative postion among pilots on your list does not change.