Originally Posted by
Mudhen200
I use to think the same way but recently learned something about the fence concept. What if we have fences and as soon as the SLI was done the company makes a equipment / base change? - LAX is now a FiFi base or ANC is now a FiFi base? All Boeings move out, all FiFi's move in and Alaska Natives now have to move or commute with their equipment because they are fence out from flying FiFi for years. It would seem that fences can be dangerous. Food for thought.
In our merger UAL had a 777 and 747 base in LAX. Since the 787 was a fenced plane, the company decided to close the 747 LAX base, take away all 777 International flying, and give it all the to 787, which were 100% flown by us CAL pilots. The UAL pilots either had to switch to narrowbody planes, or commute, which most ended up commuting to stay on the widebody. The only international out of LAX now is on the 787. (Note: Canada and Mexico is not "international"). Base fences are a win-lose scenario. It was good for me, but bad for original base holders.