We gave Ozark DOH. This was at a time when 6000 of our f/as were locked out. Their ratio was similar to the AA-TWA deal. What we found is that it really didn't make that much difference. Junior before was still junior, senior was still senior, and the rest of us just meshed. I can honestly say that I never (once I returned to the line after being on strike from March of '86 to May of '88) looked at what I was holding and said, "Dang, if we hadn't have given OZ DOH, I could have held that flight". The only people who were "fussy" were the trainee/replacements that had enjoyed super seniority. This issue is closed so why continue to take the focus off the real issue which is the extended recall for "some" and not "all".
F/A Mikey, you are correct in that was not the first offer. AFA wanted 7-1 (seven of their to one of our), then they wanted to merge only the people on the property and when the full term strikers were brought back, they would go below those already on the property. I was in meetings with Vicki Frankovich when she said, "We WILL give them DOH, because it is the right thing to do". It was a hard sell given our position of being "on the street. She knew that labor peace could only be accomplished by protecting the FTS f/as AND doing what was the right thing. That being said, I will once again state that I never thought we should be given DOH. Can we put this to bed?
