I've seriously tried to understand the west view as best that I can, but what you say there can NOT be argued with by even the poorest, possible excuse for any semblance of a decent human being, at least not from my perspective.
In the Matter of the Seniority Integration Arbitration
Between
THE PILOTS OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.
and
THE PILOTS OF DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
We turn first to the competing proposals concerning the underlying integration
method: Date-of-Hire versus a Status and Category/Ratio approach. Although there are
advantages and disadvantages to each method, the facts of this case persuade this Board
that the Status and Category approach is the more fair and equitable. To be sure, prior
ALPA Arbitration Boards have merged Seniority Lists by means of date-weighted
methods.10 But in this case, that method is not sufficiently responsive to the makeup of
these two groups. The relative seniority mismatch between the two contingents results,
when combined by Date-of-Hire, in a dramatic overloading of NWA pilots in premium
flying categories, an imbalance that remains a virtual fixture in the ongoing relationship
between the parties.11