Airbubba and Peter...
There are some very reasonable positions being advanced here.I guess that your intransigence is a remnant of a previous state of affairs, but a wholly owned subsidiary is different than a simple codesharing partner.
You are saying that you are opposed to an 'end-tail' merger(no ill effect on the current DAL list) of the lists based on a perception of a 'back-door'.To deny that Comair and ASA pilots are employed by DAL now, is to give licence to all sorts of shenanigans by management...'whipsaw' comes to mind, particularly at the bottom of the DAL seniority/equipment list where there is most likely to be an 'overlap' in the type of flying and nature of the jobs (vis a vis the regionals).
You are also saying that you are against a merged list(end-tail), in order to protect slots for DAL pilots YET to be hired?...And all in the name of an interview/medical process?...This is an embittered logic. Anyone who has been in this business for a long time knows what a poor determinant of a candidates suitability an interview is.Didn't you get briefed by your buds (who got there first),as to the content of all the various interviews?
If you have confidence in the ability of your training dept. to weed out the 'shrubs'.then you don't have to worry about the denigration of standards.
Think of the benefits of a unified pilot list.Solidarity at negotiation time, and the company will also be able to manage their resources as they see fit,as market forces require, without having to also fight a disparate, fractious, pilot groups...win-win!
CHEERS!
[This message has been edited by Holodek7 (edited 05 August 2000).]