Originally Posted by
Superpilot92
A ten year fence does nothing but fence those aircraft. Either way, everyone moves up a number when someone retires regardless of which side that retirement comes from. The fence protects the movement in the near term that the DAL list doesnt provide. Just like your side wants protections for the aircraft you hold NOW. Are you saying you want credit for your sides aircraft, and OUR retirements?
It sure sounds that way.
I dont know if there will be a fence or not but your trying to down play near term movement on the NWA side. Bottom line is both sides have "wants" and whether either side sees those "wants" has yet to be seen. I personally dont really care how fast i move up the list in 10, 20, 30 years i want the most seniority in the shortest amount of time ala the NWA retirements.
Heyas Super,
And here you find where their logic falls apart. Pre-JCBA, all we heard was "bad bases, old aircraft, crappy flying" from the DAL side. You would think that REGARDLESS of the integration method, that they would say "you want 10 year fences? whoo hoo! Good deal!.
But as you point out, all of a sudden, that's not what they want. A close look at their proposal shows that it lowers the fence just as NWA retirements crank up, giving them full access to highest paying postions in NWA metal.
But it doesn't matter. The fix is in. They won't win, and neither will we.
Nu