Originally Posted by
jumppilot
I was going to post this in the profit sharing thread but I wanted to avoid that show.
In Dec 2012 people will start retiring again. The way the T&PA is set up CAL hires UAL furloughees.
So what happens when UAL recalls? They will take furloughed UAL pilots from CAL, who will then need to hire more from the furlough pool of UAL. Once UAL recalls more, those pilots will move over to UAL which will start the cycle anew and create a lot of training cycles.
Seems like a lot of wasted money and I'm sure that thought isn't lost on management.
Please spare me the "Pierce will just cut another side deal, as is the CAL way!!!" But I see this as a pressing reason why we may see a contract in the next 6-8 months, giving our pilot groups time to create a SLI.
Thoughts?
I think you are spot on. CAL is hiring because of airplane growth and future attrition. UA will be hiring because of attrition ( to my knowledge) no new aircraft in the que to be flown by L-UAL until a JCBA and ISL. Thats at least a year away or longer (JCBA and ISL), so you are right that UAL folks may get recalled to UA before The JCBA and ISL is complete and the training/retraininng cost would be enormous. That's a motivator to get the JCBA concluded and a reason the company ask for an expedited ISL process. Think timing is another motivator/leverage, as Delta is our competition and have their merger mostly behind them