Originally Posted by FriendlyPilot

Its not going to be "relative seniority" because the fleets aren't "relatively the same". HA simply has categories AS doesn't have. WBCA and WBFO because of their A330s and B787s. WBCA is higher than NBCA and WBFO is higher than NBFO.

Also,right now only HA pilots can fly the 787 and A-330 until the SLI. So if AS wanted to move the planes to SEA, only HA pilot would be doing that flying. Its probably going to be a couple years to do a JCBA and an SLI.

There are 3 elements and literally nothing else. Longevity, Status and Category, Career Expectations (which means which types of planes you would have expected to fly, not how fast you would have been Captain or what bases). Republic and Northwest had a 30 year fence in place for Widebody planes. UAL CAL only 5 years, but both had WB planes.

Also any fences start at SLI and not when the merger. So if its 2 years to SLI and 10 year fences, its 12 years for an AS pilot to fly the WB as CA.

I honestly don't understand this merger. AS could have always bought 787s if they wanted. HA has 4 planes that AS doesn't fly. I guess we will see how this turns out.

Good luck to all of you.