Tony,
You sound like management.

1) Management can afford to pay us a respectable wage. Dont buy into the propaganda.
2) I dont think you ever wanted this merger from the beginning. You and Slaphappy have been confrontational in every single thread so far.
3) always remember that you are managements puppit. They buy other companies and we fly the airplanes. \
4) A contract violation is a contract violation. What good is a contract if no one wants to uphold it. It is a negotiation and just to roll over on this issue and relinquish any bargaining power we might have is completely asinine.
5) Supporting a DOH integration is about as short sighted as you can get. Sure you and a small percentage might gain a few percentage points but you are collectively throwing your junior guys under the bus. XJT did a lot of hiring (80 pilots a month) from 04-07. In my example a % integration would mean i would move back 200 #'s and slide back 5 months doh. So sure you might want a DOH list but it is illegal, a horrible idea for 60-70% of your own pilot list, and is a perfect example of the selfish "i got mine" attitude that has plaqued our profession.

So please go ahead and try and recall your MEC because you wanted a DOH list! You will get laughed out of the room or lynched by the junior pilots.

Lets all just take a deep breath and see what our unions come up with. This COULD benefit everybody involved. We want one list across three companies or we want iron clad protections in our contract to prevent the whipshaw... it is that simple. As for the lifeboat comment, well it isnt much of a "lifeboat" if theres a guy plugging a hole threatening you with drowning.