Only those who get a pain in their neck every time they look left can understand!

It's been 16 years since anyone at Delta has said "Green light ON" or "Protect Essential". There were some rotating chair sitters post merger up in ANC, but that ended as well at the end of 2009.

Any guess as to how junior LAX 320 A will go? 2016 hire?

Hoping 2000 hire!

You’re probably closer to the mark between the 717 and 777 B displacements. I’m just hoping there’s some of that Bus in a Boeing base tendency that tends to skew seniority favorably.

I doubt it goes that junior. I'm guessing 2007-08 hires??

The bottom of the 777 B’s and 717 A’s are 2014 hires but between SEA, SLC and LAX there are only 135 narrowbody A vacancies. I hate to say it but this is probably going to be another disappointing result for anyone hired within the last 19 years that doesn’t want to 1) commute to the East Coast to upgrade or 2) be stuck on reserve for Westcoast narrowbody A. Cue the violins and switch to a T-Mobile international plan

it's out, we were all off

junior system captain March 2016, NYC C10

Junior LAX 320 A Dec 2000

Junior 777B Sept 14 ATL

Junior 777A April 1990

I dont know, i fairly optimistic...they might just be in sticker shock at how old the pilot force actually is, the number of retirements really about to happen, and how many bypasses they can stomach taking. i wouldnt be surprised to see some fairly young Capts come out if this. Especially when you consider the vast majority of younger guys dont put stipulations, such as top 10%/50% etc. i looked up the A320 a couple of weeks ago and something like 500 guys are 59 or older in the system, just on the 320 series.

Junior ATL320A June 1991. Just blows my mind how senior the 320 is going in ATL. In contrast, the junior 737A went to August 2007. A 16 year split with the lower paying airplane going senior ... .