Originally Posted by Joeypete
Yes it is something that we are all worried about. I am in the passenger service group (ticket/gate agents) and we have concerns over seniority dates. The company is still trying to come up with a plan to present to the unions, hopefully that would include "dove-tailing" which works out pretty good from what I hear. Who knows....It's not such a big deal to me...I've worked there for about 5 years but life goes on...I'll deal with what ever happens.
management gets to offer suggestions, but gets no actual role in producing the merged seniority lists. for the pilots, ALPA has criteria established to guide the outcome, only one of which is date of hire. a weighted "dove-tailing" outcome is likely. outside of bidding rights, however, the F/A's are SOL because AFA's hire date rule has no exceptions.