In 1988, I was a BOS based 727 F/E, standing in the SLC pilot lounge, the day the Bid Award was posted, that put 40 767 slots into SLC. As I looked down the list, the top 20 767 possitions were all previous 727 Capts. and the next 20 were all 737 Capts. The Delta pay rate on the 767 was about DOUBLE what the former Western 737 pay rate was.
Yeah, the Western guys REALLY got screwed!
Western was mostly a 737 Airline, They had some 727's too, and 5 DC10's, replaced by Delta's L1011's on the west coast, oh, and then there were all the MD11's Delta put into LAX.
I just hope that some day, before I retire, somebody buys Delta, and Screws me like that!
You can have my date of hire, and my Seniority Number, just double my pay and put me into a brand new wide body, when I'm looking at retiring off a 737....