Originally Posted by Ferd149

Separate block/reserve has WAY too many moving parts to discuss in a vacuum like this. Temp, recall rights, monthly AE and those are just the ones that pop up quickly in my head. If we went to something like this, it would have to be done very carefully or it will be some sort of hybrid mess that none of us will recognize or like.

Now, in a vacuum, I liked it for probably the reason you said. As a commuter and on the bubble (current Delta system) one can bid into a position thinking they will be a line holder. IE, in my case I bid into SEA 330 with a 70% qualifier. So far so good, but what happens if in the next AE a bunch of senior dudes bid in and I drop to 90% and therefore reserve. In the NWA system, that wouldn't happen, there would be no line holder openings and one is safe........unless there are displacements then my displacement choice would kick in, line holder on something/someplace else.

We have much bigger fish to fry in the next section 6 and this will be too hard to get done in the section 6 context IMHO. I've flown with the father of the monthly APE system at NWA, and it was a multi-year process as I recall the stories.

Ferd