Originally Posted by
johnso29
Yup, the WBs are available to the Greenbook guys now. But only after ALL the Redbook Guys got on in front of them. Their career expectations @ the time of the merger did not include WB flying, & that's why they had to wait so long to get it. They didn't expect it when they were hired at Republic, so why should they have gotten it with the merger?
That is incorrect. Only the wide body seats held by red book pilots at the time of the merger were protected for 20 years. All the additional wide bodies were shared 1 for 1. Many hundreds of green book pilots retired as wide body captains BEFORE many red book pilots ever saw a wide body.
Carl