There is a fair bit of history to this one going back as far as the Qantas \ Australian Airlines merger when the regionals got shafted IMHO.
The regionals had arranged group progression with Australian Airlines and this was reneged on when the merger happened.
Later it was attempted again; however there was a significant push in the regionals for datal seniority to apply. This position never had a hope in getting multi party support and the deal fell through although some regional pilots were accepted into mainline with a seniority of sometime in 1995.
Keg, saying that something should be done and then attempting to hold some high moral ground because of those words is not good darts. What we wish, and what is able to be achieved are sometimes entirely different. If you think that people on COM did not listen and believe that combining pilot groups and covering all pilots was a desired outcome you are also wrong. The problem is that Oldmeadow’s playbook is stuck on a divide and conquer page and he is incapable of turning the page.
In the meantime, our fellow pilots assist him in his job by being smartarses about their colleagues within the profession. Why people must always seek to drag others down in this industry has always confused me. Think what we would achieve if we all really worked together.
What would be interesting is seeing who would challenge the amalgamation process in Fair Work.