Originally Posted by
IFlyEm
If AS orders more 787's from this point on it's going to be pretty hard arguing there should be fences for those. Not to mention 10 year fences would allow post merger new hires into those aircraft over legacy guys. That's just not going to happen. We'll see how it shakes out.
If AS ordered 787s, those new planes would not be considered in an SLI. Only the snapshot the date the merger closes is the ones that matters. Yes, any 787s ordered after the MCD (Merger Completion Date) which is generally when the operating certificates are merged would not be fenced not considered in SLI Status and Category.
United's MCD was October 2010 but the SLI wasn't until September 2013.