Originally Posted by
jetlink
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.
Section 6 also talks about what would happen if their were insufficent bidders from the legacy group protected by the fence.
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6. Should there be insufficient bidders from one premerger pilot group for
any position in the allocated group of positions under paragraph 5 above, the filling of the position will be governed by the ISL. A pilot thereby awarded a position will, for purposes of processing future displacements under the collective bargaining agreement, be considered as junior to all pilots from the premerger pilot group entitled to the position. Notwithstanding the awarding of positions pursuant to this insufficient bidders provision, the restrictions set out in paragraph 5 above shall continue to apply during the terms specified in paragraph 5 above."
So, if there is an unfilled bid that is fenced off, that bid then becomes open to anyone on the ISL (regardless of heritage). So pretty unlikely an off the street guy or gal would see one of those before the 25th 787 arrives.