Originally Posted by PinnacleFO

What about this: Since pinnacle is an going to be an all DCI carrier soon you basically propose a staple but you look at the list at pinnacle and you say that no captain can lose his seat or seniority as long as the airplane is flying. We have a bunch of lifers at the top who will not move on anywhere else so its not fair to them to be stapled but also its not fair to have any regional pilot move ahead of a mainline pilot so if mainline is trying to recapture all the flying, staple the regionals starting with pinnacle but put in a 5-10 year agreement saying that no mainline pilot may displace a pre pinnacle captain on the pre regional aircraft unless there are furloughs. If that captain bids for an fo spot on a delta aircraft, he gives up those rights and a delta pilot may replace his captain seat. The final result would be that all pinnacle pilots would be on the delta seniority list behind the last current delta pilot. As the 200's are parked the pinnacle pilots would fall into available FO positions on the current delta fleet.
hmmm? any takers?
Also to take care of some of the clowns we have hired over the years, you have 1-2 years probation for every pinnacle pilot

This would also take care of at least 2 of the years you guys will have to hire 800 pilots a year