Originally Posted by Scott Stoops

Am I glad that then furloughed LUAL pilots have been offered employment at LCAL? Absolutely. That said, they furloughed so that the merger could happen (I could care less if you agree). We flew all of the same jets (737's) that UCH is now proposing that CAL will fly on the same routes not 4 years ago. They "replaced" them with inefficient RJ's, and claimed that the 737's simply couldn't be flown cost effectively despite the fact that they had the lowest cost of ANY 737 operator in the US through our bankruptcy contract. Total and complete crap. They were parked for a reason. Any guesses what that might be? The 50-70 seat RJ isn't a panacea. It isn't more efficient than any of our "old" 737's that it replaced. Period.