Old 03-30-2012, 08:11 AM
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gettinbumped
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Originally Posted by uaav8r View Post
Here's the deal...Express guy lists on UAX flt operated by his company he shows up as an "SA0X". Puts him ahead of mainline guy. That's not the problem. Here's the problem. If he lists round trip and the return flt is a mainline UA flt he still shows up as an "SA0X" on the mainline flt and goes ahead of any mainline guys not using vac passes. Saw it for myself. Mesa guy is #2 on the list behind a P.S. Stby. The other 20 or so UAL employees w/1986-1997 seniority are below him. Even he was baffled by this. Other commuters are seeing this happen as well. Being Spring Break I wonder how many UA families have been left behind/spit up because of this. Spoke to union rep about it today. I politely confronted the Mesa guy and he acknowledged that it was not right. UAX guys need to list each way in these situations. This needs to be fixed ASAP!
Gee, this same thing happened in reverse a few years ago when UAL pilots were getting the Jumpseat ahead of some OO pilots on OO metal (of course the seats were paid for by UAL, but that is a diffent debate) due to computer programming issues. I remember getting RIPPED by a few OO Captains when I jumpseated, and passed a piece of paper saying that we were going to be denied the Jumpseat if we didn't fix the problem....which of course we have no control over.

Yes, I still remember.
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