Originally Posted by AAL24

Somebody probably used those exact words when management first started using regional feed. Allowing another US carrier to operate WB aircraft with AA passengers should be a red line in the sand. Ten years from now they could be flying 50+ wide bodies carrying AA passengers. Those are our highest paying jobs. Delta and United pilots would never allow such an arrangement. If we lose the Alaska WB grievance we are in trouble. There's a reason scope is Section 1 of the contract.

Originally Posted by rickair7777

Not really lower qualifications, but people who were willing to sacrifice career expectations for west coast bases (those go more junior today due to taxes/politics, but those of us who have been around remember the opposite). During the brief hiring frenzy, AS did have a lot of people signing on to get out from under legacy regional flow/metering restrictions, who would then quickly depart for big three (which was their plan all along).



That's true, just due to the historically *very* conservative nature of AS management, and less aggressive growth over decades. Some AS pilots claim they like that, but most of us just want to drive to work vice commuting.



After having lately immersed myself in ALPA merger policy, precedent, and history I suspect that the two lists would be treated equally, without any regard for who had a recent WB windfall. Especially since the SLI process will certainly not unravel the previous SLI and segregate AS and HA pilots by previous career expectation (assuming the AS/HA SLI is already done). Both the AA and legacy HA WB slots will be protected in the usual manner and everybody else will largely be treated as DOH NB pilots.

Originally Posted by Point85ToTheFix

none of this is to disparage AS guys but

Originally Posted by AllYourBaseAreB

date of hire??? Haha. No… relative seniority with stovepiping.