Originally Posted by AllenAllert

Many of the 747 guys may have a different take on the fence. For one, the 747 didn't get caught up in the daily Black and Blue fights for "best practices" and had a fairly stable work environment during this time. To a lesser extent the "undesirables" got protection from the fence on the 787, but it did make it easy to find them.

Bottom line, there likely would not have been much of a difference in seats/bodies movement without the fence. The big impact areas were Sparky setting itself on fire and getting grounded and indecision by Jeff on his MASTER PLAN with costly base opening and closing moves for the 747.

We should all give thanks to JP for insisting on pay-banding the 767-400 and Sparky to the 747/777. This may have been a driving force for the fence in SLI. Bright side is more people making more money on these fleets long term.