No one knows how much new flying there may or may not be. CAL already does lots of flying from all those airports. Some CAL flying and some UAL flying. LAX is NOT a senior CAL base. UAL is not seeing the Airbus in other CAL hubs for good reasons. CLE: who cares, it's not going to last. EWR: don't need narrowbodies there, just wide. CAL pilots are NYC based anyway. Does UAL have a NYC Airbus base? That would cover EWR flying. Houston should be a big Airbus base.

We are correct in not blaming any pilot or the union. This is a merger, this is what happens. They need to shift airframes around in the best way for the market. It's going to suck for many and benefit a few. I too have been going backwards for years. I want the left seat back. 30% of the EWR flying was shifted to IAH for spite. The flying we have left has been getting worse every month. The lines are being built to 85 hours in the 737 and the destinations are always ORD and DEN.

Just remember, all we can do is vote yes or no on a contract. The rest is not up to us. I expect a contract this year. The company will need it, so they will start negotiating.