Originally Posted by herkflyr (Post 892634)

i for one wish we didn't have any fences at all. Fences make sense when you have wildly disparate fleets and demographics in a merger. When the two entities are roughly similar, such as in our merger, they just cause headaches and needless angst. At least ours is a relatively limited fence for a limited time.

Originally Posted by maddogmax (Post 892675)

The fences applied during the NWA/REP merger not only protected aircraft but CA seats on the aircraft. I.E. NWA pilots had X number of CA positions protected on the 744. If there was an increase in CA positions above that number they were awarded 1 for 1. Seemed fair.

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 892608)

You can go up to negative 20 in your bank. It gets paid back above 82 hrs in five hr increments or that is what I recall.

What you do is go to Option L or BANK. Put a request in for what you want.

Originally Posted by Timbo (Post 892610)

Go to DBMs, click on "pay/hours" then click on "bank", then option 1, 2 or 3, depending on what you want to do.

Originally Posted by Scoop (Post 892716)

The fences will be gone in a few years (thanks for that) but I'm sure guys will be arguing about who got screwed for decades. :D

Scoop

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 892493)

T-
What he is saying is that since the 787 was not canceled only deferred to a later date, any new 777's that would arrive would not be considered replacement a/c.

Originally Posted by NuGuy (Post 892688)

The REP/NWA fences weren't really fences, but quotas. It did protect CA seats all the way down to the DC-9

Subtle difference.

Nu

Originally Posted by Reroute (Post 892750)

I believe the recent award takes it even a bit further, marking a very clear line that neither premerger group can cross until the fences come down.

Should hopefully help us all save $$$ on arbitrations.