Originally Posted by
CassinAK
The whole ****ing match is happening because the Delta Airlines pilots want to establish their dominance over the Alaska Air Lines pilots in case we ever merge. Then the Delta pilots will say that it has already been established on APC that Alaska pilots only have 737's, have nothing to look forward to, will never be a big dong 777 pilot and therefore should be stapled below all Delta pilots.
I wouldn't say it has anything to do with dominance on APC. Merger policy is pretty straight forward and has to do with career expectations. How many guys leave Alaska to go onto bigger and better things? Not very many. This is the case because Alaska is a great place to work due to an awesome culture and some cool niche flying.
In merger policy, the established precedent involves career expectations. An Alaska pilot expects to end their career as a 737 Captain, not a 777 Captain. When two lists are merged anything different would be considered a windfall. In actuality, the guys flying the 737 would be conceivably allowed to cross a fence but that point depends on how junior they were when the merger went down. Some guys do fly 737s (Southwest, Alaska) to build time and eventually move on to United, American, Delta, UPS or FedEx. Since this occurs with more junior 737 drivers, fences tend to be less of a hinderance when compared to senior guys.
Alaskas perspective in a hypothetical marriage between them and Delta could also create fences in your favor. The Anchorage base is not in Deltas future, therefor fences could keep Delta pilots out of there for some time. This sucks for me because I'm at Delta and want to live in Anchorage
