Iago....perhaps you would care to read my post a bit more carefully before replying. If you care to peruse what I wrote, you will see that nowhere did I state that an ASL pilot was a 'scab' (ie: someone who crossed a picket line). All I was saying is that there are some VERY strong feelings and emotions. They are not going to go away, no matter how much you wish they would. I don't per-se have a problem with those ASL pilots who joined the AOA and the CX seniority list. The exception to that statement is those pilots who are currently flying as captains, who are JUNIOR to FO's int this company. That is not considered acceptable in ANY proper seniority airline. I will be damned if I will just roll over and allow this to be a fait-accomplie, and to accept them as legitimate. To make it easy on the company, and easy on the individuals concerned only ENCOURAGES this company and others to look for other ways of undermining our careers. I can guarantee you that ASL (and those pilots still employed by her) will not last 5 more years, more less 30....! Regardless of your ideas about 'sensible' approaches to the problem, there is not a single one of us who joined the 'old' CX that will EVER accept what was done, and it's results. I can certainly assure you that none of us will EVER accept flying with a captain who is wearing those stripes out of seniority, and who is illegitimate in the eyes of 1200 CX pilots. Whether or not you like that reality is really of no consequence to me. Your ideas will lead to more of the same.....not less. In closing, I state for the record once again......ASL was dying, and the AOA should have not made ANY offer to integrate. They should have told the company, "you made it, you live with it".....and it would have surely died. Now we have the most screwed up airline in the history of this industry, with policies, conditions and ineficiencies that will be used as a case study of 'failure' at business schools for years to come. Incidentally, I suggest you be very careful stating that the ASL captains 'didn't take anyone's command'. It is a statement that is offensive in the extreme to many long-serving FO's in this company.