Originally Posted by
Regularguy
No Capt Bligh I am not implying anything. I am responding to this statement:
"UAL continues to thumb their nose at the UA/CAL pilot group."
which seems to imply that it is UAL Mgmt which is doing all this nasty stuff. Frankly it seems to me the CAL side of the house is surprised Jeff has so quickly, and continues to do so, manipulate the advantages of the UAL pilot contract. we have lived with this garbage for almost 11 years. I guess you might say were expecting a bit more from Jeff than Tilton.
Personally I am looking forward to a single contract and the ability to fly with the CAL guys and gals.
We have more history with Mr. FLIBS than you do, so those of us on the CAL side know exactly who we are dealing with. We aren't surprised by anything he does.
Remember, as well, that we are two separate pilot groups, with two separate MECs, with two separate CBAs. If the UAL MEC side of the house says there has been no violation of the TPA or your CBA as it relates to
your operation, then there is no grievance to file on behalf of
UAL PILOTS.
These grievances have to deal with the violations of the TPA and our CBA as it relates to
CAL operations and pilots. So the CAL MEC is filing grievances for the CAL pilots. While true that much of this is interconnected, the violations at this point are causing harm or potential harm to the CAL side of the house right now.