Originally Posted by
NWA320pilot
Nope..... If the APA was just done the way they have always been nobody would be able to bid out of seniority. To say that that doing it this way protects PRIP positions is just wrong. You would not be able to bid a SEA330 position because it would not be available it would be filled by the APA.
Now it's my understanding that some of these guys who took the PRIP deal will be kept around until sometime next year. Given that the APA system will be gone by then, and that we'll be under a single certificate as well, what would prevent me from snagging one of those vacated positions?
My intent isn't to infer that change happens, and you need to deal with it. Instead, I'm saying that while some of you may have been screwed by the timing of this change, some of you were helped by it, also. At least this let fNWA guys benefit from the attrition on their side. This MOU may not be perfect, but I think you're better off with it than without it.