Originally Posted by moosedawg

I'm not saying that those FO's should immediately be made Captains at the expense of Air Tran guys at all sir. If you can't imagine that it would be tough yanking gear for someone that has six or seven years at their airline and gets to be a Captain at your airline before you, even though you've been there longer, then I'd say you aren't human. I'm not saying they won't do their job, I'm just saying the emotions associated with this scenario are natural. Even though you say that with relative seniority our guys lose nothing, that is not exactly correct. The larger the seniority list, the more aircraft it takes to generate movement on that seniority list, so even keeping the same relative seniority, senior FO's here will see the time to upgrade lengthen for every AT guy that comes in above them. Lets face facts. The FO's at both airlines have the most to lose because both groups will see their time to upgrade lengthened, not shortened by this SLI, no matter what. That is also why Captains at both airlines will do whatever it takes to hold onto their seats, and it exactly the reason why BOTH groups would have no problems taking Captain seats from the other.