Originally Posted by
pilot64golfer
Not really. Yes those exact seats are fenced, but when a LCAL 757 or guppy Captain upgrades to Sparky, that opens a 757 or Guppy Captain for anyone to bid. Same for all those 747 bids. Yes the direct bid sucks, and we should not have fences. I understand why they proposed it though.
The other tradeoff is that Sparky is very junior. Seniority 6,000 on the seniority list would be about 30% in any base on Sparky. Same guy on the 747 is on reserve.
I understand why they proposed it to. But in my opinion, it ended up backfiring..... at least here on the West Coast. The problem is that there have been almost ZERO 400 Cap bids, and many Sparky Cap bids. And if the 777-300ER is going to replace the 400, then there will most likely not be any more 400 bids soon. The replacement airplane ANYONE can bid, so we are losing fenced airplane bids to non fenced airplane bids. And IF the 777's are truly an order conversion from the 787-9, AND if the 787-9's that are being converted are the ones that come before #25, then the fence won't come down quite some time. We will see how it plays out.