I swear, if I didn't know you Dad was a Pan Am pilot I'd think you were Jim's son.
Aren't those top 517 in DOH order, unlike the rest of the list? I think they are unless there are a few Shuttle guys in there. When Nic slotted the rest of the list did he put all 757 captains and F/Os, then all AB and 737 captains and F/Os? No, he didn't. At the top he put A330 captains and F/Os (slots), for the rest he put captains first(slots). He stapled anyone he considered furloughed(maybe ALPA's fault?), even though there were several hundred pilots flying aircraft on the US Airways certificate, just like we did with Metrojet. He used three different methods for slotting into one list. He also used slots from 2007, but supposed status from 2005, so that guys that had moved into vacated east positions were stapled.
We are arguing over semantics.
Here is a clip from Nic:
"Though Date of Hire, whether adjusted for Length of Service or not, is no longer listed as a determinant or even stated as a integration criterion, there are occasions when considerations should be given to that factor. Here US Airways is far older than America West, a fact reflected in the average age difference between the groups. Consideration must also be given to the different career expectations based on equipment flown. US Airways pilots fly wide-body international aircraft, while America West pilots do not."
So the top 517 east pilots got some consideration for their age and on wide-body flying but not the rest of us. In many cases, for the rest of our careers he gave west pilots that option first.
I actually agreed with a lot of what Nic says in his award, I just can't see how he got from what he said to how he made the list.