To make a long story short, most former AO captains and some senior f/o's are suing a group of AC pilot's for lost wages due to their failure to achieve a date of hire seniority at the mainline. The date of hire they requested was the one from the days when AO wasn't even part of AC (a group of small Ontario based airlines which then merged and became AO). The lawsuit is a last resort in achieving a vendetta against the AC pilots who are supposedly now occupying their seats at the mainline. You see, as an AC pilot, everyone wants to screw you. The only ones who have succeeded thus far are the former Canadian pilots. Bottom of the list is the only fair entry into any company, but we live in Canada. Everyone here is entitled to screw their fellow pilot or at least give it a shot. And if you don't succeed, you sue them. Had these AO pilots entered the mainline back in the mid 90's when the going was good, most if not all would now be in the right seat of a widebody or left seat of the Emb with some even left seat of the Bus. All these positions paying well over $100 clams a year.
