Originally Posted by
FlyingViking
We should insist on widebody fences. No AK pilot would have a chance of WB long haul flying so why should the merger change that? And why should people that fought hard to get into Delta accept that AK pilots gets in front of them on their way to the WB seat? Nothing but a permanent fence should be accepted, unless an AK pilot interviews with DAL and starts from the bottom just like the rest of us did. Pretty simple really.
I agree that should be a period of fencing and appropriate ratio, however I strongly disagree with the idea of permanent fencing. If we merge, they will be DAL pilots just like the NWA (republic, southern, hughes, north central etc), Wester, Pan Am, and whatever other carriers we have in our lineage.
Fence it off for a bit to keep the initial shock as minimal as possible, and then have it be done with....