wow...

maybe they should be stapled to the TOP of the list.....

My personal hope is Colgan will hire those folks for current growth (first let's get them a paycheck), but NOT have them resign their Mesaba seniority numbers. Then WHEN the lists are merged, they could use the Mesaba number for negotiating integration.

However integration is done (DOH, relative, or a combination), the furloughees should have realistic expectations: they are still going to be darn close to the bottom of the list. As of the latest list posted for Colgan, the most junior Mesaba guy would only have about 40+ people below (based on DOH). That would be only 1 1/2% up from the bottom of all three merged lists.