It doesn’t really matter what seat position you’re in. Bad morale is not fun here are some examples:

- If you’re a captain sliding over from the Bus, I’m guessing it won’t be fun to fly with a downgraded captain.

- FO not senior enough to get holidays off? Have fun flying with a captain that used to get holidays off. Or a captain who had a line and is now covering a sick call on a day he could normally call out sick from or hold off.

- I probably won’t be able to hold SE in the summers or day turns anymore and I’m friends with a lot of the guys/gals in my relative seniority that I fly with. I have no idea how this will change that but I’m guessing it won’t be for the better. Personally this isn’t a big deal. Until I have to fly with a captain that is not having a good time and missing a family event they didn’t have to miss last year.

I can think of dozens of examples. Some will be severe financial hits. Some will blame others because of the seniority integration. I’m guessing it will be less pleasant to be at work because of the way it was handled. At least that’s what close to 20 years in the industry is telling me. I hope I’m wrong.