At one airline, the CRJ-200 is the super-premium narrowbody. Why else are there more of them than any other fleet type??

I wasn't serious about applying the term "super-premium" to this merger, but I was referring to the fact that some LUV pilots feel the 717 should be a category by itself... but the -800 is kind of interesting in a sense. Here is what LUV had to say about it when announcing the change in orders from -700's to -800's:

"...Kelly said the current plan is to take the 20 aircraft in 180-minute ETOPs configuration. The aircraft "would bring us to more distant markets like Hawaii, Cancun, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda," he said..."

So... who gets credit for the -800?

There are a few former DAL guys doing exactly the same thing... idiots.

Fight's on! Where's my popcorn? Oh yeah... CLOONEY!

There is something mildly amusing in some of the more delusional comments, but I'm not actually trying to egg them on. Instead, I am trying to convey the message that each side has valid arguments. Strategically, it doesn't pay for either union to ignore them in front of the arbitrator, nor is it smart to overplay one's hand. Psychologically, it pays for individual pilots to understand who you're dealing with, to acknowledge they have rights too, and to propare for the day where you will (inevitably) work together.

No doubt. I was referring to the more delusional ones of course... I mean WE still have those..

Surely, you're not serious?:rolleyes:

I find it funny that mastercraft has become silent as a mouse once people figured out his true motivation. Hopefully he can reconcile his bad luck and come to live with it. Otherwise I see a guy always grumbly about the position he thinks he should be in.

Exactly. That's why the "pay issue" is a red herring SWA pilots are using to justify their desire to staple the AAI pilots.

The fairest way to do this is to put all the Pre-1992 SWA guys on the list and ratio the rest.

Period, end of story. No seniority windfalls. Pay differential is a non-starter.

Let's hope all these pilots, unlike USAir Easties, stick to their agreement to abide by the arbitrator's decision.

Indeed. One need only talk to a USAirways pilot to learn how that works out.