It's kinda funny to me when Pinnacle pilots say "WE" bought you. It's kind of like when you're a little kid and your parents live in a mansion and you say "I have a huge house". Yes, you might but it really has nothing to do with the kid. Pinnacle Corp "bought" mesaba aviation. Pinnacle Inc. did not. They are similar but not the same. Also "bought" is relative because really it's more like Delta gave away Mesaba since the money Pinnacle Corp used was lent to them by Delta.

I for one want whatever is fair, I'll take relative seniority or date of hire or whatever else it ends up being. I don't think being "bought" really figures into it.