General Lee
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AE stands for Advance Entitlement. It is a bid and can include forward (vacancies) or rearward movement (displacements).
You can call it a "system" bid if you wish but that's not really what it is. It's to fill vacancies or move people back in surplusses.
Pertaining to the second question, prior to SOC or single certificate which is when NWA no longer exists even as the Delta subsidary it is now, any displacements/vacancies will be kept on respective fence sides. After the SOC which is scheduled for late Fall 2009, and NWA or DAL bubba can bid to the other side, based upon needs of Delta, with the exception of 747-400s (NWA) and Delta (777s). One cannot cross the fence on/off those jets for 5 years from SOC.
I am not sure whether those big jet fences apply to Captains only or both CA's and F/Os.
I would think it would be for both Captains and FOs, since it doesn't specify one way or the other. It said those planes are fenced off. I would think DTW 777 will be junior initiailly for both Captains and FOs from the DL side....for at least 5 years anyway. I see a lot of senior NWA guys going to ATL 744, though.
Bye Bye--General Lee
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