Originally Posted by Akamai

Precedent from DAL/NWA and UAL/CAL was that all widebody seats (both CA and FO) were fenced. This was also the case in AA/US and every merger that I’m aware of that included widebodies.

Also precedent in both those two mergers was that future widebody orders were fenced. The 787 was fenced at NWA which was never delivered, and the A350 was fenced at UAL which of course was never delivered.

All that said, no one knows what an arbitrator will decide. They are however bound by Section 45 and very unlikely to deviate from past precedent.