Sections 3 and 13 of Allegheny-Mohawk don’t even mention Date-Of-Hire. Section 3 simply states that seniority integration should be “fair and equitable.” And if the two sides can’t agree on what “fair and equitable” really is, then the issue would go to Section 13, which defined the steps in binding arbitration. What the MEC fails to mention is that using Sections 3 and 13, the original Allegheny-Mohawk seniority integration award ended up with DOH. And for the Mohawk pilots, whose airline had been shut down for over six months prior to the final ruling, that meant going back to work with DOH seniority. Using Allegheny-Mohawk in his April 2007 decision, arbitrator Richard Bloch used straight DOH in merging the two US Airways dispatcher seniority lists. Maybe Arbitrator Bloch thought his hands were tied by the LPPs found in Allegheny-Mohawk and in the two TWU labor contracts. He didn’t split the baby. He awarded DOH, because he found that: “In summary, based on these findings, the conclusion is that fairness and equity in this case militates strongly toward a date of hire list.” If Arbitrator Bloch had been using ALPA Merger Policy, his award might have been different.