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Pennsylvania and Central:
Captains were merged with Captains and Copilots merged with Copilot: on a ratio basis. No detailed information now available as to how the combined list compared with a length of service list.

Eastern Airlines:
(1) with Ludington- In 1933 Ludington Airways was acquired by Eastern. Eastern management refused to recognize the seniority ratings or rights of the Ludington pilots. The Eastern Company asserted that because Eastern had acquired Ludington, the Ludington pilots should be considered new employees and placed at the bottom of the seniority list. The ALPA on behalf of the Ludington pilots submitted the dispute to the National Labor Board without opposition from the Eastern pilots. The N.L.B. ruled that Ludington pilots should receive fifty percent of their length of service with Ludington as the basis for seniority integration on the combined Eastern seniority list. (2) with Williams- In 1935 Eastern acquired Williams Airways. This dispute was settled on the basis of preserving status of pilots and the list was integrated by a ratio method. 

Western-Inland:
The combined list used dates of assignment to status and runs as the principle factor in determining relative position.

Challenger (Frontier and Monark):
Captains were merged with Captains and Copilots merged with Copilots on a ratio basis.

The following are the most recent cases and indicate the present thinking.

PAA and AOA:
The routes acquired were parallel and competitive. Equipment operated was essentially equal. The parallel route structure and disparity in age of the two airlines were the major factors that resulted in a clash of viewpoints within the two pilot groups. PAA pilots painted that seniority and length of service are synonymous and must continue without deviation. AOA pilots maintained that seniority was relative insofar as it represented a position on a list whereby certain benefits accrued. This relative position and status prior to the merger must be preserved on the combined list. Continued failure of voluntary negotiations resulted in the CAB assuming jurisdiction of the dispute and ordering the lists be combined on the basis of length of service for PAA and in the case of AOA pilots length of service with the AOA or Any other Scheduled Airline.