Originally Posted by
FAULTPUSH
That's a windfall for the top Southwest pilots at the expense of the senior Air Tran pilots. The senior Southwest pilots would gain another domicile, greater variety of flying, etc, while the top Air Tran pilot goes from bidding #1 to bidding 15% (?) for lines, vacation, etc.
Reminds me of a Republic FO complaing that after the merger with NWA he was only getting 60% of CA pay instead of 70%.
I had to remind him that he was now getting 60% of a dollar instead of 70% of 75 cents.