Originally Posted by Bartok

We've already been over this earlier in this thread.

The main point on the furloughs, they were offered the deal of keeping their XJ seniority whether they took 9E or Colgan positions or not at all.

That was the deal.

An important clarification: As I understand it (correct me if I'm wrong, since, as you noted, I have not read the entire discussion), the deal offered was two-fold:
1) Maintain XJ longevity (pay, vacation, etc.)
2) Retain the right, post-integration, to bid the higher of either their new 9E/9L seniority number, or the number that integration negotiations yield for their old XJ number.

Saying they will retain their XJ seniority is not the same as saying they retain the rights to their XJ number, wherever it may end up. Of course, this last part is what remains to be determined through negotiation.

If they were told they needed to come to 9E or lose seniority to ones that did go, then it would be an entirely different conversation.

But they were not offered that.

Agreed. All seniority numbers added after the date of announcement (including the new numbers assigned to those furloughs who accepted "the deal"), should fall below any number that was on any of the lists prior to the transaction. We all make our employment decisions based on the information available at the time we are faced with the decision. As you said, separate conversation.

I don't see the problem.