Originally Posted by
757Driver
You're absolutely correct about RS not being mentioned but the 1000lb gorilla in the room would be the DAL/NWA precedent set with the merger of two supposed equals.
As I stated, DOH would be way better for me but I think the fairer relative seniority scenario will play a major part in our upcoming merger.
DAL/NWA was done by a "Category and Status Ratio". Those are the exact words used by the arbitrator in the award. In other words, the combined group was broken into 4 categories...wb cap, wb f/o, nb cap, and nb f/o. The pilots were ratioed within those categories based on the number of pilots existing in each category/status before the merger. Quite different than just taking into account relative seniority within a straight seniority list. Interesting that the Alpa merger policy now has "category and status" as one of the criteria, as well as longevity. And both were added after UsAir and DAL.