Originally Posted by
LittleBoyBlew
Capts. were slotted. F/Os stapled....
Not exactly. 150 of the 1300 TWA pilots (out of 2400 total) stapled to the bottom of AA's master list were MD-80/B-717 Captains, all '88 hires. All were furloughed after being stapled, from '04 until '08. Imagine you're a CA at a major and you're stapled below the bottom, new-hire probationary F/E at the combined carrier.