Thats true, in fact, ANY XJT employee with a date of hire before a CAL employee on CAL's flight will get on first. JUST LIKE A CAL EMPLOYEE WITH A DATE OF HIRE BEFORE AN XJT EMPLOYEE GETS ON A XJT FIRST.

We can go round and round about, and the usual argument of "we own the seats" can be used, whatever. Passriding has NO bearing what so ever when it comes to JS'ing. Do UAL pilot get first priority on USAir JS's? Do USAir pilots get first priority on UAL JS's?

Not every airline has the same relationship with their feeders as far as passriders. Some prioritize their own employees before everybody else. One of the many, many issues of being a former "wholly owned" carrier, as well as the agreements that were set in place when that was over.

Also, MOST legacies have similar JS priorities. That airlines pilots first, then the regionals that feed (in whatever pecking order), THEN offline.