Originally Posted by
SpaceRanger3000
From your perspective, it would seem an obvious perversion of fairness. Now put yourself in the shoes of the HA junior new hire who left AS to fly WB at HA just before the merger announcement (Yes he exists). That pilot would expect to be in a WB (FO not just CA) as a new hire or in 2 years if initially seat-locked on a NB. If the fence or seniority bump isn't there to protect the job he signed up for, he will be behind not just 1000 HA pilots but also 3440 AS pilots. Idk the exact percentage with new freighters, but assume WB seats shrink from 70% of all seats to 10%. He won't see a WB for decades.
Agreed on all...thats why up there I said...
"Since all HA pilots had the career expectation of flying a wide body at some point (even if they are currently on a narrow body aircraft), and AS pilots did not. They would all have to get a shot at that flying before #1 on the AS list. That is the "Career Expectation" of the HA pilots vs the "career expectation" of the AS pilots. I know that is not exactly how it will work in practice. BUT that would IN FACT be keeping with actual career expectations and if I was an HA pilot that is EXACTLY what I would be arguing for."
It is also why I have argued that we are not only NOT one unified pilot group like our Unions desperately proclaim on the podcasts (gasp!!!), but we are in fact two seperate groups with diametrically opposed interests. Unity pre-SLI is something the HA pilots need (because they are in the minority) to get a JCBA across that improves their contract. The AS pilots don't need unity, just based on numbers. Of course we all know their is likely enough buh buh buh 787 voters for their to be any pushback in a meaningful way. After the SLI and the AS pilots are done patching up the holes they punched in their walls. We can all start pushing in one direction.