Originally Posted by
EWRflyr
Just like we can't bid the Bus to stay in our bases because we don't fly those planes. I've not met one pilot who is chomping at the bit to get into DEN or ORD. BTW, what makes ORD really any better than EWR? DEN I could see. Are you really that naive to think that management wasn't going to terminate the base/domicile protections? Most anyone could see that coming when this thing was signed.
I dunno, maybe the fact that we actually live in DEN and have for been based here for the last 20 years. Almost nobody commutes to DEN (less than 5%). The company will be involuntarily bumping from arguably the most senior and desirable UAL domicile and replacing legacy UAL DEN based pilots with CAL pilots. It may be years (a decade?) before the junior UAL pilots that LIVE IN DENVER are able to get back. UFB that UCAL would take this tact as it will make commuting HELL for all of us. In fact, I predict that it will be an absolute train wreck if they bump a hundred or more (hundred's?) of LUAL pilots out of DEN. None of us are going to move, the jets are full, and I will follow the commute policy to a "t". Good luck staffing the airline after you've crammed it up our collective ***. To think that we had a * fleet of 737's in DEN and ORD just 3 years ago. What a crock ** this place is.
FWIW, I am very senior in my seat and will likely not be materially affected initially unless they close DEN 320. I will be absolutely enormously affected long-term as a result of this merger. I can accept that, but I can't accept a complete abrogation of eventual seniority in UAL's most senior large domicile, effectively displacing pilots that have given huge sacrifices to be based where they live (vs. making extra money instead of a livable lifestyle). Again, it is unbelievable to me that UCAL will take this tact. Guess we'll see.
Scott