Originally Posted by rcfd13

So I may be totally off base with this prediction because the airline industry is notoriously unpredictable but.. A lot of current FOs aren't bidding over to the E175 due to loss of Delta benefits and lack of domiciles. It seems to me like if there's a Delta contract in the future a lot of FOs wouldn't have any reason to stay on the CRJ when they could go over to the E175 and get a (very small) pay raise. I'd be nervous if I were really junior on the E175 in SFO with a bunch of senior CRJ FOs in SFO, LAX and FAT who would potentially knock me way down if a Delta contract shows up. There could be massive growth on the plane and massive attrition which would make it not matter, but to me it seems like a roll of the dice. You could get stuck at the bottom for years.

The 10 people ahead of me in my domicile were in the new hire class before me though. I'd be about 25 spots senior company wide if I managed to take a class a week earlier. There's also a lot to be said for just that one day of seniority.