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#1541
Once the list is merged, as aircraft are moved to different bases pilots will get displaced off those aircraft. They may then bid what their seniority will hold, anyone junior to them on their new equipment moves backwards one number at a time. If you are the bottom guy you will then be dispaleced.
So yes, a NWA pilot can displace you off the ER in NYC.
So yes, a NWA pilot can displace you off the ER in NYC.
Are you sure? Then the displacement would never end. I'm preety sure that once you get displaced you bid what your seniority can hold but where the company has slots. Otherwise it would be never ending displacements or furloughs. Just a quess. Not sure myself.
#1542
#1544
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SEA on the NWA side will be senior and stay senior. There are are large number of commuting pilots from NWA and Delta living in the NE. They will fill openings in Seattle as they become available. LAX and ATL will become more senior as NWA pilots move into those bases. There are a large number of NWA pilots in the SE and in CA. MSP and DET will see a decrease in seniority and probably become the new hire bases as senior pilots move out and vacancies occur. NYC is already very junior and will remain junior. There are NWA pilots in the NE but not a huge number to impact the base.
No matter how the list comes together, I hope there are a minimum of five year fences on the bases.
#1546
It could backfire in a big way and i dont think people are realizing that. Fences sound nice but when they move an aircraft out of that base it could force people into commuting or bidding out of that aircraft. Also a fence on a base isnt going to be possible since NWA planes will be shifted to DAL bases and DAL planes shifted to NWA bases. There are a lot of variables that could backfire in this merger senario if a fence was put up IMHO.
#1547
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I'm getting prepared, just in case this merger results in having to execute a difficult decision. Hopefully they would offer long term leave as an alternative to a short term displacement. Making guesses on the numbers, in five years, this will not be a problem, but it could get pretty rough for the next three.
Or it could be great. There just isn't much information to go on and big questions, like the fate of the 787, aren't known yet.
Last edited by Bucking Bar; 08-19-2008 at 02:36 PM.
#1549
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The Delta contract allows a pilot who is displaced to go anywhere in the system where there is a pilot junior to him in that category. There is no requirement for there to be a opening. If they had that rule what would happen when a airline was shrinking and a senior captain got displaced. He would have no position to go to. Displacements occur most often when a airline is shrinking and the nature of that is that there are no openings. Here is the exact wording from the contract.
13. A pilot who holds an MD may displace a pilot in any category who is junior to him and
who was in such category on the award date of his MD.
MD=mandatory displacement
who was in such category on the award date of his MD.
MD=mandatory displacement
Last edited by sailingfun; 08-19-2008 at 03:08 PM.
#1550
The Delta contract allows a pilot who is displaced to go anywhere in the system where there is a pilot junior to him in that category. There is no requirement for there to be a opening. If they had that rule what would happen when a airline was shrinking and a senior captain got displaced. He would have no position to go to. Displacements occur most often when a airline is shrinking and the nature of that is that there are no openings. Here is the exact wording from the contract.
13. A pilot who holds an MD may displace a pilot in any category who is junior to him and
who was in such category on the award date of his MD.
MD=mandatory displacement
who was in such category on the award date of his MD.
MD=mandatory displacement
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