Originally Posted by
gettinbumped
United guys aren't the ones threatening the Jumpseat action, pumpkin. That was Express.
Good point, mainline simply executes it.
Originally Posted by
gettinbumped
He wasn't Positive Space. He was an SA with his kid.
This spurns another question. Did you ask said non rev person what their job at the express side is? Specifically if they are/were a flight ops management pilot? Because you're gonna love this. At my shop, when some of the redundant jobs were eliminated and alternare jobs had to be found for some people, they got awarded a higher than usual boarding priority than they should as as "parting gift" Not at all unusual for CAL management (NOW UAL management) to do that. If so, does that make you mad? Because it freaking should!!!!!! The numbnutz management pilots that did such a crappy job managing got an enhanced personal travel policy while the line workers just took a kick to the sack compared to the previous package.
Originally Posted by
gettinbumped
But now that you mention it, I probably should push for mainline Jumpseat priority on Express fee-for-departure flights since we pay for your seats and gas
Negative, mainline (NOT you) ONLY pays for the seats in the back. NOT the jumpseat.
Come on man, you're smarter/more mature/level headed than that. You KNOW this fight is between the management and labor, shouldn't even come close to a major vs. regional peeing contest type thread.
The sad irony of this whole thing is this, along the lines of the jumpseat fiasco, it WON'T be till enough mainline employees start expressing their frustration with this problem to management, it won't get solved any time soon. If it hasn't already.