The myth exists the LCA OE PBS trip pulls on the bottom 75% of those trips will kill green slips as we know them.

In fact:

From True Headings 15-08

OE/TOE Rotation Removal:
• Worst case: If TA applied to June 2015 bid package, 302 out of 17363 FO Rotations would be eligible for withdrawal under TA-that’s 1.7% of rotations
• No unstacking because of time removal – unstacking occurs prior to removal
• Designated OE time still counts towards staffing formula-no positions will be lost due to this change
• After first PCS run if LCA swap to different trip or pick up trip, 23G5 still applies
• Worst case: Under TA, of 6251 first officers at Delta, additional 67 would be awarded a reserve line using 2015 June bid package
• Impact will vary by category size, amount of training block hours, and the seniority of the LCA in category.
• Is this is a concession? It was key to unlocking gains realized in rest of TA.

To believe that LCA OE trip pulls will have a huge negative impact on green slips is a misinterpretation of the impact. From the above numbers 67 FO's would be awarded reserve lines. If we are hiring 135 pilots a month what do you think will have a higher impact on staffing and affect green slips the most?

There are 302 trips pulled if applied for June, worst case. 302 less green slips as 6,251 FO's ALL get a 21.5% increase in pay rates. Just in one category NYC 7ERB there were 102 double pay trips for the week of June 21. One category, one seat, one base, one week compared to 302 trip pulls for the whole system for a month!

LCA OE trip pulls are a drop in the bucket of the FO green slip sea.