Originally Posted by
donk74
I think the Mesaba Furloughs are getting more than a fair deal, infact I think it will come at the expense of the bottom 100 at pinnacle (DOHs before 7/1/2010) with regards to SLI... While I agree with Mesaba pilots being offered a job at 9E while they were furloughed, but they should not be placed ahead of any active 9E pilot hired before 7/1/2010 during SLI. I feel that SE went out of his way to please ALPA National at the expense of his junior pilots.
I don't agree, being furloughed or not should have no bearing on how someone is placed on a seniority list, especially in our case where none are going to remained furloughed.
If they were going to continue to have people on furlough I could see your argument, but the fact that we need pilots desperately negates that line of thought.
This is an equal merger and the XJ furloughs deserve to have their original XJ DOH considered in any SLI arrangement.
I don't think Scott took anyones side over another, it was the right thing to do.