Originally Posted by gettinbumped

Well this is starting to get interesting.... and not in a good way.

Lest you all think that I'm thinking that Smisek is up on a grassy knoll conspiracy theorist, I do not for one second think that UCH Management is making fleet decisions with the pilot groups in mind. That being said, this could shape up to be a real pain for the LUAL pilot group.

Reports are coming out now that the 10 777-300ER's will NOT be growth airplanes or even new orders. They will be conversions of 787-9's, and will be used to retire the 747-400 early. I'm sure you all can see where I'm going with this. Parking airplanes early that LUAL has fenced off, and at some point stopping the arrival of the airplane that LCAL has fenced off. If they stop arriving before the 25th airplane........ Starting to think the 5 year fence provision will come into play.