Originally Posted by
captainv
And no matter what method is chosen, it's likely we'll be fenced from each other's fleets for a while, perhaps even three years. That's in management's best interest - say we merged and the 777 was declared new equipment. Every Atlas pilot would be freed from a seat lock and it would cause a training nightmare.
Also figure that half the Southern FOs have 5+ years of seniority, and if I recall Atlas is about a 5 year upgrade? There's another training nightmare. I'd imaging a 3 year seat lock. Whatever 777 flying comes around gets thrown to the Southern side, whatever 747/767 flying comes around gets done by the Atlas side... at least for the immediate future.