Originally Posted by
WS01
If you take the CAL job, will you have to do another full year at 1st year pay or just a month or two then 2nd year kicks in?
I'm in the same boat: 6 mo at UA, if/when I go to CAL will I have to do 6mo at 1 year or just 6 months?
I asked this awhile ago, and here is the answer:
"7-B. Job Opportunities.
(i) If either Continental or United intends to hire new Pilots, it will first offer
employment to fill such positions in seniority order to Pilots on furlough from the other Airline. Acceptance or rejection of such an offer or failure to qualify will not affect a Pilot’s recall rights or placement on the Integrated Seniority List (which shall be based upon his seniority position at the Pilot’s originating Airline). A Pilot accepting an offer under this provision will be subject to the normal background and employment requirements of the employing Airline. The Pilot will be an employee of the employing Airline, within the applicable ALPA council for that Airline,
but will not be required to serve or complete a probation period. Such Pilot will be paid the greater of (1) the actual hourly pay rate he was receiving on the date of his furlough, or (2) the hourly pay rate to which his years of service at the employing Airline otherwise entitles."
The part that scares me : "... employment requirements of the employing Airline."
CAL never called me for an interview because I didn't meet their "employment requirements", yet I met UAL's.