Originally Posted by
Jumbo Pilot
The only part I disagree with is that.... when a pilot is excessed they are trained in ... inverse seniority order. So if a nugget is excessed from ANC to 27FM and an Airbus FO is excessed to the same seat; the Nugget from ANC would have to be trained first since the all the Nuggets (I believe) are junior to the Airbus FOs in MEM. And if the company wanted to furlough the nuggets before the training, then they run into the same problems I discussed before about not being able to staff the FO and SO trips on the 27 in the interim.
We gave that away on the Settlement Agreement prior to the close of Posting 8-02 last June. Everyone is pooled by seat. Overall reverse seniority doesn't matter. See para. F of the Settlement Agreement.