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11-23-2014, 06:51 AM
#44
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Originally Posted by Grumble
.... the CAL vs UAL attitude seems to be most pervasive in the flight attendants.
11-23-2014, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by beeker
They are afraid they will get stuck with work rules that will cut their pay in half.
11-23-2014, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by jsled
The company is working that out. Hiring on the Black side, furloughing on the Blue. A couple of early outs, and viola...the 2 sides are getting very close to the same size. Better for voting in a Cal-like JCBA, which btw, is what I hope happens. Our FA contract is straight out of the '50s. There are manpower rules in there that we gave up in C2000. Nice to have in Never Never Land, but not realistic in the real world where non- union DAL and productive SWA are chewing at our butts.
11-23-2014, 04:09 PM
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When you furlough a lUAL FA, I believe they keep most of their benefits, including health insurance. This gets expensive really quick.
Now they offered a couple of thousand FA's an early out, and they took it. The problem is a lot of them were already furloughed or on LOA's, so it didn't reduce the rolls of active FA's that much.
Now they offered a couple of thousand FA's an early out, and they took it. The problem is a lot of them were already furloughed or on LOA's, so it didn't reduce the rolls of active FA's that much.
11-23-2014, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by SpecialTracking
Disagree with you on that one. First, that kind of smells of the race to the bottom mentality. Second, what if it was you trying to hold onto the work rules?
11-23-2014, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by gettinbumped
As far as I can ascertain, the LUAL flight attendants can drop down to virtually nothing... but still retain full benefits and travel privileges. In a way, you and I are paying for that. I'm all for flexibility, but being able to drop your month down to near zero and still maintaining full-time type benefits strikes me as unsustainable
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