Originally Posted by alfaromeo

Pilots can fight to the death over that last 1% or 2% in seniority while failing to realize that a 5% or 10% increase in compensation brings much more value to you. Every seniority list fight comes down to a very few factors, especially for airlines as similar as UAL and CAL. All this talk about wide bodies and career expectations are probably not very helpful. Arbitrators are very smart and they won't be fooled by these simple arguments.

Your best bet is to keep the seniority list on the back burner while you get a good contract. If you work together on this, the seniority list will take care of itself. Good luck. (DAL guy who is happy we did as well as we did and only hopes you guys do better, a rising tide lifts all boats)