Why isn't his DOJ around 2002? The date of the integration.
At the time (2002) all AHK flight crew were either VETA or ASL. Some of the VETA crews had originally been mainline Cathay FO's and had therefore kept their seniority.
Also, in 2000 an opportunity was made available for ASL crews to join VETA at the bottom of the seniority list. These crews are now becoming senior enough to take a pax command.
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csd