Like I said for the unwashed masses TK is an easy target.

The company was able to train scabs in '85. It is now contractual that all PIs must be on the seniority list. We would be fools to even discuss the matter.

Not sure about AMR but at DAL we do have a small cadre of non seniority list instructors. Most but not all are retired DAL Pilots, a few come from other assorted backgrounds. They are limited in what events they can instruct as many syllabus events require a seniority list instructor.

Scoop

Rather than bloviate, read the contract it’s in there. It’s certainly not 350 for a PI.

Bloviate - that made me snort wine out my nose, but I admit I had to look it up . . .

blo·vi·ate
[ˈblōvēˌāt]
VERB
US
informal
talk at length, especially in an inflated or empty way.

FWIW, the DGS instructors at DAL can’t do checking events (LOEs), evaluations (MVs), or what are essentially “progress” checks (usually the last lesson in a series) required before a checking or evaluation event during transition courses.

That leaves a WHOLE lot of sims they can do during CQ and transition training.

Not LUAL, but LCAL have some grandfathered earning Captain pay rates.

We intentionally negotiated a "ralph rena" clause to get the retired guys out of the training dept. It was done so with kid gloves in such a way to prevent any sort of age related litigation. We can't discriminate against older/retired people. We need to simply keep the part 121 requirements and medical requirements in place.

So there are seniority list pilots that the contract doesn't apply to? Please elaborate.

Glenn is correct. Sort of. There are LCAL instructors that held Captain positions and they are grandfathered at Captain pay. (not limited to 9th year 777 FO pay). But what ol' Glenn is incorrect about is that through a grievance, SOME LUAL instructors who held line Captain positions before becoming instructors ALSO get Captain pay as instructors. Kind of a goose/gander, me too thing.