So you feel it was OK for the TWA agents to lose their time? One could argue that LUS "rescued" LAA because LAA was in BK. By your way of thinking, LAA should get only "station" protection and 25% after that? You de-value their time because it benefitted you and many others. You do realize that Mccaskill-Bond was put in place because of the LAA-TWA seniority intergration right?
pjirish,
i worked with former twa guys...1960s-70s seniority and we had many conversations.
what was the alternative for twa? they had none. icahn had stripped the company..this deal was made prior to 9-11 and hanging in the balance after 9-11. after 9-11, twa would have folded by christmas and those guys would have been out on the street with NOTHING. 9-11 happened and we had a contract on the table that most (aa) understood you had to vote in. acquisition confirmed.
for you to tell me that lus rescued aa or this merger is similar to that 2001 acquisition, with lus as aa and laa as 2001 twa is so far from reality and will get you some nasty replies from legacy aa guys.
i'm getting the impression from legacy us air guys that as a legacy aa fsc, i'm not allowed to voice my displeasure about the merger seniority issue. i did not know that this forum appears to be a hardcore lus website. anyways, i blamed the twu and felt the twu should have looked after it's dues-paying members better. that's all. in this forum, you've been led by the pied piper telling you i hate us air, when i have posted that seniority should apply to all, including lus PTers.
if this guy gets seniority today from piedmont or psa than that guy gets seniority from fueling or reno air. if this legacy laa PTer gets full seniority than that legacy lus PTer also gets full seniority. i have posted all that. i can't be anymore clear. do you believe that is so outrageously unfair?? surely that means i hate us air? clearly, this means i only want seniority for myself?? so, most of my posts have been going backwards to defend myself from ridiculous accusations - made to wind you and other lus clerks up, i'm done with that.
mixing the twa acquisition with the merger is a smokescreen and here, in the midst of some legacy aa fscs, you and the the big fish and not doing yourselves any favors by constantly sympathizing with an acquired twa and telling us that twa 'should have' or 'maybe' had their occ. time to try and stick it to me, because i happen to post here and was/am not impressed by the seniority developments.