Originally Posted by
cole
Maybe the windfall for the aai guy who just got a 13 year relative bump in seniority, a huge increase in qol, and a 100k plus increase in pay is at the expense of the SWA pilots who have been at SWA longer than the aai pilot Aai pilot at airtran. Maybe???? Seems like a windfall to me.
Let me say it for the third time: windfalls are only an issue if they come at the exense of the other group. Increase in QOL and pay is a windfall, but it doesn't cost the SWA guys anything. There is no "13 year" increase in seniority for the AAI guy. That DOH is a number that has no meaning except in the context of your peer group - as 80ktsclamp said, that's longevity, not seniority. For a SWA pilot, that 13 years puts you at the top of the SWA list. For the AAI guy, you don't need it to be at the top of their list.
Here's another way to make the point: How is a SWA pilot negatively impacted by being in the same relative seniority after the integration?