Originally Posted by
Opus
Scoop,
Well, it is not exactly like that. The senior Green book guys actually faired very well. Remember the argument before Roberts(named after the arbitraitor who awarded it.) from the red side was what they brought to the table which at the time was predominantly widebody flying with 727 being their smallest airplane. Republic brought 9s/727/ and 6 757 (easy number to remember as that was how the red book guys taught apu egt limitation on the 747) Sorry, I digress. Anyway, the republic guys argued DOH and didn't want ratios and used the domestic feed they brought as the basis for their argument. Roberts looked at both sides and said, ok I give both sides what they want. To the green book guys they got their date of hire and to the red book guys they got their access to the widebody flying. The twenty year fence was long and costly and I think that is why RA, seeing it firsthand, isn't desirous for us to have fences on the new SLI.
I hope, scoop, that both sides can meet in the middle and we don't have two decades of bickering/resentment or disharmony.
Opus,
Good info - thanks. I am torn about the whole fence thing. I guess coming up with a fair solution without fences would be ideal, easier said then done. I understand NW guys wanting fences to protect retirements but if thats the case, to be fair, the fences should last until all pre-merger pilots are retired, not exactly a great solution. Or maybe we can rent some time on a Cray Supercomputer and it can calculate some sort of dynamic seniority list that can factor everything and spit out a list - not too hopeful on this one either.
Oh well if all else fails go with the Newman solution - "Cut the bike in half."
Scoop