Originally Posted by
DashTrash
Forgive my ignorance, but I thought that LUAL Pilots were fenced off until #25 got on property. I wasn't aware that there was a contingency built in based off of post-merger hires getting 787.
The ISL award only applied to the pilots on property then. If a vacancy goes unfilled with pilots from the respective side (sUAL for the 747 or sCAL for the 787) the remaining vacancies for that bid can go to anyone in seniority order.
It doesn't "drop the fence" it just allows the remaining slots on a particular bid to go to the other side for those vacancies. Since everyone hired after the SLI wasn't S-anything, it doesn't really apply other than in seniority order. In Nov/Dec when we get number 25 all fleets/seats are system-wide seniority awards. What's going to be interesting is how it's handled for bids that have an effective date after the sheduled delivery of number 25 but closes before it's actually on property.