Originally Posted by
mrmak2
Question: can the post-2010 "new hires" (off-the-street folks) bid to the 747 or are they considered CAL and subject to the 5-yr fence? Yes, I know we are so junior that it won't matter, but I am thinking theoretically here.
Fences are for 2010 pre merger list of L-CAL and L-UAL pilots, so technically pilots hired after 2010 merger are considered new United inc. pilots that do not fit this category. So, yes you can bid it if you can hold it.
I believe this will be a huge subject to interpretation by many, but it spells out pre merger for both. :-)
Here's the detail info from CAL-UAL ISL Opinion and Award 9.3.13:
B. Conditions and Restrictions
5. For a period of five (5) years beginning with the Bid Period in which the ISL is first implemented, or until the carrier takes delivery of its twenty-fifth (25th) B787 aircraft, whichever occurs sooner, no
premerger Continental pilot may be awarded a Captain or First Officer vacancy on a B747 or A350 aircraft or displaced to one and no
premerger United pilot may be awarded a Captain or First Officer vacancy on a B787 aircraft or displaced to one.