I think you need to step back from the computer and stop being so sensitive. Nobody is attacking your 737 or asking to have the hourly rates lowered on it. What I was trying to say before the small airplane paranoia set in was that the 757-200 was separated from the 757-300 in terms of pay yet the 757-200 flies the Atlantic bringing in premium revenue for the company with pilots who start every trip on the back side of the clock. My guess is that the union thinks that a 6 buck CA and 4 buck FO override will be good enough to pacify the pilot group. I know the 737 is doing redye flying these days. Only the 737 got the new carve out in by the pairing construction committee. I wonder why the 757 was not included in that? My guess is that is was political as many 756 bidders actually bid for double duty periods to maximize days off and reduce commutes. It is the reserves that cannot plan for a double duty period and it is the reserves, regardless of the fleet who pay the fatigue price.

Please don't think I'm so short sided that I would want to lower the rates on a piece of equipment in our fleet. That being said, I hope the day never comes when they actually attempt to fly the 737's to Europe. 757's to the U.K are perfect. I thought one of the great things this merger brought was the almighty 767-300 which can replace our long haul European 757's freeing them up for some South America routes where our 737's are leaving cargo behind on. I doubt we will put ourselves in a fleet situation where the 737 will be tasked with transatlantic trips running the APU for several hours. Look at the West Coast to Hawaii market. The 737's are not doing as much of that flying as the 757-300 have been put on most of those runs along with the UAL 757-200's and 767's (both the -300 and -400). That is the best example of fleet optimization I have seen to date post merger announcement.