Have you not read the Merger Award Bill. Bloch's award does not vacate the Harris award thus:
Award
A. The Consolidated Lists
The pilot and flight engineer seniority lists of Atlas and Polar shall be merged in accordance with the above-stated Opinion. The merged Pilot Seniority List is Attachment A and the merged Flight Engineers Seniority List is Attachment B.
B. Conditions and Restrictions
No Bump, Flush or System Re-Bid. The implementation of the two consolidated lists shall [not] be cause for the displacement of any pilot or flight engineer from a Position (awarded status, equipment or domicile) he or she is holding.
If the Polar FEs are based in LAX (a Polar base) when the merger goes through and there are no classics in that base, which is currently the case, then they cannot "bump or flush" an Atlas FE out of his base. ie. they cannot go where there is no vacancy. Thus they will most likely be furloughed.
Look, I can empathize and totally understand the issues and problems. Unfortunately, Bobb and Robin were presented decent offers (twice) but in their haste to win this battle they forgot that they are fighting a war with many more bodies at stake. Bloch essentially told both parties to work it out themselves. This is a huge deal and does not bode well for the FEs. If I were you Bill I would not quit my FedEx job based on this award.
A "pilot" certificate will not allow you a window seat. One must have at least a commercial instrument which takes 250 hours at least. Then one must be able to pass the simulator training and check ride which is no different from that of any other FO and takes a whole lot more training than that which got them the 250 hours. That whole PFE to -400 cruise pilot is pure BS - and would most probably be negated by the FAA.