Originally Posted by sailingfun

The first and most important point is the DALPA does not hire pilot or maintain the seniority list. Both are company functions. The company can hire all the Comair pilots they would like. Its not up to DALPA.
Second you should do a little research on the RJDC and the infamous letter written to the Delta pilots by the Comair MEC chairman. There once was very strong support by the Delta pilots to work on a single seniority list. They could have attempted to negotiate something with management. It might have been a impossible sell to management and as mentioned they control the list and hiring however the support was there until the RJDC seniority grab attempt.
To this day I don't think many Comair pilots understand how badly they were hurt by the actions of their MEC and the RJDC not just for hiring at Delta but hiring at any major airline.