Originally Posted by
Nosmo King
On the NW widebody side, if they move fleets around prior to SOC, there will be an internal bump and flush due to the C&R from the previous merger award. SEA and DTW have a large number of former Red Book Captains on the widebody. Moving those aircraft out to say, ATL, would have the effect of displacing all the Red Book guys off the airplane and replacing them with former Green Book guys that are senior to them but were previously fenced.
Before or after SOC won't matter much. Many of those Red Book guys who are "out of seniority" are going to get bumped when the flying shifts.