Originally Posted by gettinbumped

Actually you have it backwards. The single seniority list is what they want, because it is the only way for them to get a single
Operating certificate. And THAT is the only way to get the touted synergies they have been bragging about and promising to investors, shareholders etc.

The reason they are even negotiating is because we DON'T have a single list, and they aren't going to get one until they give us a JCBA that meets out needs. In this case, our biggest need is scope. Ironically, it is the LACK of a combined list that FINALLY gives us something they want, and THAT is why we as a collective are being emphatic. We have a little leverage for the first time in a decade.