Originally Posted by
Zoomie
A few simple questions for you UAL SUX:
1) Are you currently flying for someone?
2) IF you are, why don't you simply stop coming to work?
That's in essence what you are asking LCA to stop doing their job. They can just as soon stop giving line checks and training as you can stop showing up for your pairings. You want THEM to put THEIR collective jobs on the line? Does it state somewhere in the UAL contract that in the event of a furlough that LCAs don't have to conduct training anymore? If it doesn't, then what you are suggesting would be illegal job action and could get people in big trouble if suggested by someone with a leadership position.
Add in the fact that if one or two LCA decided to quit, 1 or 2 more would just step up and fill those positions. You're living in a fantasy world.
Actually its not a fantasy world, this has happened in the real world in the past. I had an opportunity to witness it. You see, being an LCA is something you volunteer to do. Each individual who is an LCA is one because they want to, and not because they have to. If that individual decides they don't want to be an LCA, they still get to come to work and be an airline pilot. During the summer of 2000 a large number of LCA's at UA made an individual personal decision that they no longer wanted to be LCA's. And someone was not right behind them to fill their shoes, because nobody really wanted to do anything special for the company, since the company didnt want to do anything for us. Nothing illegal about changing your mind. Only organized job actions are illegal. But you are right, in this case someone else will just step up and do it. CAL pilots don't have the same culture when it comes to not helping the company out. Someone is always willing to help here. It aint wrong, just different.