Originally Posted by
Slammer
Agree with the displacement and seniority issues, and as a commuter, i get the QOL but if it's not airtight in the the contract ( and it's not)' then they will do whatever they will. Not sure, what actions of the CAL MEC has forced the company to shift flying at your expense? Ive been hearing about right sizing since day 1. As I understand after talking to union leadership today, the domicile issue was going to happen regardless as both UAL and CAL MEC had no contractural leverage in this area. Would'nt be surprised if the CLE 737 hub is next on the list.
Might be. We'll see. The really sad fact is that we're dealing with a company that doesn't understand, or more importantly doesn't care about previous sacrifices, the fact that we have families, and that goodwill has value going forward. The fact that they simply don't care about their workers is testament to the failure that is UCAL - AND IT IS EPIC. There are only a handful of successful airlines in this era of deregulation, and NONE of them treat their employees as UCAL seems intent to do. Jeff's failures will be revealed, and his legacy will be severely tainted for not considering his employees as people first, and laborers next.
FWIW, the decision to take managements "buy-off" of of the CAL pilot group with a partitioned money grab on non-contractual and TPA violating unilaterally negotiated profit sharing directly affects all negotiations going forward. Again, time will tell based on forward movement of the CBA. If they get it done, and quickly, then it might work. If they decide to move forward as they intend, it will be a train wreck. JMHO, of course.