DAL/NWA merged lists
Hey,
The DAL/NWA merged lists were done on a relative seniority basis. That's not 100% true, but it's true enough to write here.
I'm a DAL guy, so I saw the merged list as being one that favored the NWA pilots. DAL had more wide bodies, more international flying, and better crew bases.
A huge portion of the NWA domestic guys who were waaaay far away from flying internationally before the merger can now leave that DC9 out of Detroit and fly across the Atlantic in a 767.
The good news is that the NWA guys are a good bunch. As a NY based pilot for DAL, I have more in common with them than I do with the ATL based DAL guys!
Such is life.