Originally Posted by
BostonMark
AA talked a good game about saving TWA jobs, but they really screwed the TWA employees when they took over - particularly the flight attendants where the TWA seniority list was tacked on to the bottom of the AA seniority list. As a result of what happened in that merger the laws regarding seniority lists and takeovers were changed to make it near impossible to do that in future mergers.
That depends. If USAPA (the "new" East pilot union) has their way and the idea that seniority is fully negotiable, it does not matter--you could arbitrate seniority and immediately have the majority vote in a "new" seniority system.