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Take a breath Claxon. You seem to be in full panic mode. I'll remind you, the merger was in 2005, not 2007. It is clear that by 2007 who benefited and who did not. Watch while we present the Nicolau list during SLI which includes these facts:
"On May 19, 2005, US Airways and America West Airlines
announced that they would merge, taking the name US Airways. Both
pilot groups were represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, which
has a Merger Policy governing the integration of pilot seniority lists."
"Before discussing the aforesaid approaches in greater detail,
some uncontroverted facts and then some recent history. US Airways is
the product of a series of mergers stretching back to 1968. At the time
of the US Air/America West merger, US Airways had a grand total of
5098 pilots on its seniority list, 1691 of which (33%) were on furlough."
"As of the merger, it had 1894 pilots on its
list. All, however, were active and less than 200 had spent time on
furlough and then for relatively short periods during the early and mid-
90s, at which point hiring resumed with 1131 additional pilots added to
the list." The most senior America West pilot was hired on 6/1/83, 17
years after the most senior pilot on the other airline, and America
West's least senior pilot (Odell) was hired on 4/4/05, close to 5 years
after the hiring date of US Airways' least senior furloughee and only a
month before the merger."
2007
"In addition to changes in the number of aircraft since the merger
date, there have also been changes in the number of personnel. At
America West, the total number of pilots including those in non-flying
jobs on January 1, 2007, is 1829, down from the merger date figure of
1894. In contrast, the total active US Airways pilots as of January 1,
2007, including those who have retumed from furlough, is 3005."
"Yet, it cannot be disputed that there were differences in the financial condition of both carriers and that US Airways was the weaker. This necessarily means that career expectations differed and that US Airways pilots had more to gain from the merger than their new colleagues."
"Gains also came in other ways. Though the US Airway pilots
argue that the collective bargaining agreements are comparable, that
is not the case. In pay, the America West Contract is better for
comparable aircraft except for the B757"
"On May 19, 2005, US Airways and America West Airlines
announced that they would merge, taking the name US Airways. Both
pilot groups were represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, which
has a Merger Policy governing the integration of pilot seniority lists."
"Before discussing the aforesaid approaches in greater detail,
some uncontroverted facts and then some recent history. US Airways is
the product of a series of mergers stretching back to 1968. At the time
of the US Air/America West merger, US Airways had a grand total of
5098 pilots on its seniority list, 1691 of which (33%) were on furlough."
"As of the merger, it had 1894 pilots on its
list. All, however, were active and less than 200 had spent time on
furlough and then for relatively short periods during the early and mid-
90s, at which point hiring resumed with 1131 additional pilots added to
the list." The most senior America West pilot was hired on 6/1/83, 17
years after the most senior pilot on the other airline, and America
West's least senior pilot (Odell) was hired on 4/4/05, close to 5 years
after the hiring date of US Airways' least senior furloughee and only a
month before the merger."
2007
"In addition to changes in the number of aircraft since the merger
date, there have also been changes in the number of personnel. At
America West, the total number of pilots including those in non-flying
jobs on January 1, 2007, is 1829, down from the merger date figure of
1894. In contrast, the total active US Airways pilots as of January 1,
2007, including those who have retumed from furlough, is 3005."
"Yet, it cannot be disputed that there were differences in the financial condition of both carriers and that US Airways was the weaker. This necessarily means that career expectations differed and that US Airways pilots had more to gain from the merger than their new colleagues."
"Gains also came in other ways. Though the US Airway pilots
argue that the collective bargaining agreements are comparable, that
is not the case. In pay, the America West Contract is better for
comparable aircraft except for the B757"
