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Read my post more carefully. I'm against it only if its OUT of seniority.
And I'm not buying for one second your argument that displacing 747 captains is low cost. Especially if some of them will only be on the new equipment for a few months and then retire.
Get real. Management doesn't "fully fund" anything out of the goodness of their hearts. They are offering to do it because it saves them money.
The about to retire pilots won't be affected by displacements, it's the more junior, younger in category, and between lowering the ALV and using the lower limits of the LCW as contractually allowed they can absorb quite a few pilots. Extend that to the 330 and 777 and there will be no waterfall MD. As more 330 arrive the ALV's work back up.
Pilots will need to be trained into positions, either award or displacement as others retire. I don't think it matters to them which end of the list it comes from, and they have enough PWA latitude to absorb the excess until they do retire. I think an early out is of more benefit to us than the Co.