OK, I goofed.

Miss-read Farmers post and fell right into the "my airlines better that yours" trap.

Apologies to all and please disregard all the BS I posted above. Here's how it should have read:

Having decent work rules alone won't increase your position on a seniority list as far as an arbitrator is concerned.

Sorry Farmer and apologies to the UAL folks.

PS, my lifelong ambition always was to work for United so I got that going for me.