Hey Shorty,
The way I read it is this.. If you are a 5 year UAL guy you get frozen at 5th year pay until you have been on CAL property 5 yrs or longer.
So if you are a 1st year UAL guy, (like us, same class 3/08) You will have to endure another full year of 1st year CAL pay because that is when the CAL's pay scale will exceed your last UAL scale. But on the bright side
, you will not be on probation.
I could be wrong though.