Originally Posted by 1Seat 1Engine

One more time, relative seniority harms every pilot at every position of the SWA seniority list.

Any arbitrator will see that.

They will also recognize that at relative seniority, SWA pilots are THE ONLY LOSERS. Airtran pilots risk and lose nothing.

As a junior SWA FO, I'm not interested in becoming an instant captain as a result of this SLI, but I will exercise all means available to make sure that additional roadblocks are not placed in my career progression.

Anything close to relative seniority puts so many younger guys ahead of me that my career expectations will suffer. The demographics of these two airlines are vastly different.

At the same time, what is the cost and risk being borne by the Airtran pilots?