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As I see it, an issue presents itself where furloughees are offered recall not only once but twice and refuse recall each time. Now throw in newhires into the mix and a strong argument could be presented before a judge that newhires now trump furloughees who were offered employment and refused. Of course this doesn't have anything to do with the right to recall but rather where someone would be placed on the integrated seniority list.
IMHO this is a very clearcut issue.
For starters, not a single UA pilot has been offered recall yet. An "opportunity" at CAL is a job offer and not a recall and does not affect a pilot's furlough status at L-UAL. At all.
Secondly, for furloughed UA pilots this is not the CAL recall system but rather the UAL system and there is no "twice." UA furloughees when offered recall can accept or bypass for 10 years and return at their option anytime there is hiring if they bypass.
Third, the ALPA/UCH Transition and Process Agreement (TPA) clearly states that any new-hires will be placed below
all pilots currently on both seniority lists. Hint: furloughed pilots are on the seniority list, even if they are not active.
Any pilots hired off the street will end up at the bottom of the integrated seniority list with the only variable being the number of UAL furloughees that eventually return later.