Originally Posted by gloopy

A Pinnacle pilot is 100% separate until that pilot gets a seniority number at DL and shows up on property. Their longevity will reset 100% as it should.

To get to this point, even for the extremely privlidged and lucky among us, takes a lot of work and a lot of years. Is it "fair" that a military or corporate pilot (or ALPA pilot at a United regional…or even United mainline) should have to start over if they come to DL even though a ramp agent transferred? Yes, it is.

Even if the "Sweet spot" of the group is 76 CA as you've said (and it very well may be, who knows) you're not going to find any support to retroactively grandfather regional pilots with their original DOH for anything. Trying to "me too" it off the rampers isn't going to work. Even if we did, so "new hire" classes are full of some guys at top scale pay and others at new hire pay? Even internal DL employees have to start over with pay when becomming pilots. There is no way regional FO's are going to walk into class day one top scale with 5 weeks vaca and 270 hours sick time.