Originally Posted by
FAULTPUSH
Like I said, windfalls are not a problem unless they come at the expense of the other group. In a pure percentage merger, a 10% AAI captain and a 10% SWA both keep their same relative seniority, so where is the windfall for the AAI guy?
If you paste the senior AAI guy behind however many SWA guys, they gain lots of relative seniority at the expense of the AAI guy - he no longer gets his 1st choice of line, vacation, domicile, etc. That's windfall for the SWA guys at the expense of the AAI guys.
Since Airtran pilots are on average about 8 years younger than SWA pilots, relative seniority turns out to be a huge roadblock to SWA pilot seniority over the long run.
It's not just a windfall for them, it will cost SWA pilots seniority over time.
I urge you to read the very first post in this thread over again.