Eck,

I was just trying to answer Bigflya's questions. He sounds fairly new. You are correct, bid what you want....want what you bid!!! :D

Have you actually run into one single newhire in the ER who has expressed a sense of entitlement?

I doubt it.

Just one I know of. He posted this on FI

"No way this SLI will end up fair to me. My position from day one as a Delta pilot allows me hold 17 -20 days off a month. NYC 767ERB. We have a great quality of life here folks.

How will the SLI not distroy my quality of life considering I am not even thru my first year?

Our union has a duty to protect my relative seniority and present career expectations."

It sounds to me like he is expressing that he feels entitled to keep his position after the merger, not that he was entitled to that position in the first place. I am not saying that I agree with his position either way. I am just expressing my doubt that any DAL newhire who was placed in to the ER felt entitled to that position as a newhire.

No one feels entitled. I think that all New hires that have looked at the AE bids realize that their day in the sun is over. Even without a bad SLI. Most will probably have to bid down if they want to hold a line in the coming years.

Now NYC is another story compleatly.....

[quote=acl65pilot;483583] Most will probably have to bid down if they want to hold a line in the coming years.quote]

So much for "no bump no flush" then... is that what you are saying?

That is what I am saying.

... and you are basing this little tidbit on what exactly? The arbitrators have not ruled, and you have already written... or heard of some policy that is written in stone. Interesting.

Because of a few things. NYC will probably stay junior, but overall, if the Jr guys look at the preferences for the AE, there are a lot of people finally getting off their duff and bidding up. Not all of them will come over, but many will. Even NYC has a ton of people deciding to bid the ER.
It has nothing to do with the SLI. The SLI could exacerbate it.

It's still conjecture on your part. I know.. your information has been pretty accurate to date, and frankly I find it hard to believe that you haven't been cut off at the knees by the fourth floor. Unless..... :D