Originally Posted by
Silver02ex
Interesting, because I have bumped a couple of NWA pilots on a Pinnacle flights before. Maybe it's only for Compass? When I check on PARS on a Pinnacle flight I see NWA pilots listed as 5W and myself as a 5. Also, when mainline pilots comes on to introduce themself, I see "5W" on their boarding pass.
When I was hired, they told us we used to travel as 5W, but no longer. My wife and daughter traveled on a Pinnacle flight yesterday, and were a 5. I have never seen a priority code on any of my boarding passes.
You may have bumped an NWA employee on a PCL flight if you had an earlier DOH.