How do the 744 pilots feel they will be ‘sold out’ in a RIN? There’s an agreed process in the LHEA. If the company doesn’t do the RIN IAW that agreement then any pilot can grieve it. It seems pretty cut and dried to me.
What isnt yet known is how the company may choose to approach the retirment of the 744. Will they RIN the S/Os first and heavy crew the 744 with Captains and F/Os until it’s due to retire and then do one RIN in those categories? Will do they do a mini RIN first of Captains ans/ or F/Os and then another final one? A lot comes down to the numbers. A lot also comes down to the final fleet plan and time table for retirement. Something that probably yet isn’t well known.
So perhaps the 744 drivers are spoiling for a fight but buggered if I can work out why they’ve got a bee in their bonnet unless they think the RIN process itself is likely to be significantly amended. I’ve heard nothing to suggest from either side that it’s even on the table for discussion.