Also, If an AirTran Captain is displaced, he is now not receiving SWA Captain pay. Are you going to pay protect him for the difference? No?
I believe that was
exactly what he wrote.
So pay a 6 year AT capt (there are none or few) 6 year SWA Capt pay and let him sit in the right seat till he can upgrade.
Originally Posted by 4th Level
Let's be clear;
with regard to any SLI, it isn't about what each airline brings to the table, it's about what each labor group does. The efficiencies gained by the combining of two airlines are separate and distinct from the issues surrounding the merging of two seniority lists (read, contracts).
For proof look no further than AWA/US. The "airline" has successfully merged....the labor? Not so much.
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Wrong.
The labor, i.e., every group but the pilots, merged just fine. It was the whiny east coast group who thought they were 'owed' something that destroyed that
You guys are right - bad anaolgy on my part.
My first paragraph (bolded) still stands imo.