Originally Posted by
Fishfreighter
All the "salary" argument is a red herring to conceal the fact that what those who espouse it want to staple the AAI guys.
Exactly!
And according to McCaskill-Bond there won't be a staple. The panel of arbitrators have legal guidance to follow as well as precedent in other SLIs. I don't think they would even consider integrating via W-2 earnings, as there is no precedent for that.
My "gut" tells me that the DAL/NWA SLI methodology was fairly well accepted by both sides, and the arbitrators know that. They also know of several SLIs that didn't go very well. I think they are likely to choose (with minor modifications) a basic model that worked.
I will be shocked (it's happened before!) if there are SWA F/Os senior to Air Tran captains (assuming a stove-piped list).