Funny thing is your rant is just a replay of just about any merger that has taken place. "lucky to have a job" etc.
20,000hrs and six type ratings? Wow.. I wish I was as impressed as you are. Type ratings are no more the measure of a professional aviator than is the 4th stripe on a sleeve. Hang around long enough and not screw up too badly and it happens to most fliers.
but ALPA is being redinfined over this issue
ALPA is being 'redinfined' because of more events than just the AWA/USAir merger. USAir brought quite a bit to the table after the company gutted ALPA's contract with ALPA's agreement. USAir dumped its pension, dumped a lot of its debt and came into the AWA/USAir deal with a lot of assets, a concentration in the East that was/is unparalleled by other carrriers, a robust international presence over the Atlantic and a sweetheart deal on Airbus 350s.
For the average line pilot who can't see farther than the length of his ******, I expect your kind of diatribe. But I thought this was a Professional Pilot's forum where opinions were supported by more than emotion and fury. I guess I was wrong.