Originally Posted by
gettinbumped
That is simply not true. Every day this goes on, there are more junior 737 Captains being upgraded. Assuming that ALPA merger policy is followed, the SLI snapshot was taken quite some time ago when these same pilots were F/O's. There won't (and shouldn't in my opinion) be a flush bump to remove these newly minted Captains from their seats even though they wouldn't be able to hold them based on combined seniority. If this TA goes down, the problem compounds exponentially.
The ALPA Merger Policy had to be re-written after the USAirways debacle. From what I understand, it will be re-written again due to the delay in this JCBA and it's effect stated above.
GB...you are a closet DOH guy. Own it! How can you state these Captains could not hold these bids based upon a combined relative seniority. The only way would be for L-UA pilots (jr seniority) to receive a windfall /leapfrog award at the expense of another group( our junior pilots).