Ancient History Question Re: Dal/wal

[ss278]

I'm doing some research and was wondering if anyone could tell me how the Delta/Western merger integration was handled. Were the WAL F/A's given date of hire, stapled, or some combination thereof.

Thanks for any help.

 

[aislehopper]

SS278:

Since nobody is stepping forward, I will take a stab at it. I do not think that I have the specifics correct. However, I beleive that I am correct about the process.

For the DL/Pan Am acquisition in the early 1990's, Delta protected the top 3000 on its seniority list. Starting with 3001, one PanAm Flight attendant was inserted for every three (five, or some other ratio) Delta flight attendants straight down the list.

While many of the Pan Am flight attendants lost much of their seniority, they kept a portion. A group of them, Flight Attendants for Fair Seniority Integration (FAFSI), sued for full seniority. I do not believe that they were successful.

For Western, I think a similiar ratio merge process was used. The AFA protested the seniority integration and it went to arbitration. The AFA lost.

Hope this helps.

 

[7.5victim]

The question was about the Delta/Western merger, not the PanAm acquisition.

DL/WA was a straight DOH merger for the FA's. In fact, there were some Western Inflight supvs/mgrs who were NOT FA qualified. DL required them to get qualified, and they were given a line seniority position at the bottom, as a a new hire FA, they were not integrated. WA flight attendants were unionized, however the union did not have any right to represent the former WA emplyees after the merger.

As for the PA aquisition, yes the top 3000 DL F/A's were protected. However, the most junior PA FA was protected by being placed at least 3000 above the bottom. I was in the bottom 3000, I went from 15900 in seniority to 18900 overnight. To the best of my knowledge, the lawsuit over seniority integration went nowhere. IMO, most of the former PA people should've been darn happy to get the seniority they did, especially after AA stapled the former TW people.