Originally Posted by
Regularguy
Otto:
Just to get the facts straight for the umpteenth time, THE UAL MEC IS NOT GRIEVING YOUR SIDE LETTERS!
The Grievance is about UCH management not paying the UAL pilots according to the UAL pilot CBA formula for PS. The CBA gives specific directions and formulas about how to compute the PS and the UCH management chose to ignore it. Additionally they are grieving that UCH management broke the "status quo." by negotiating a substantial side agreement under the guise of grievance reward. NO ONE I KNOW FEELS YOU SHOULDN'T ENJOY YOUR FINANCIAL WINDFALL!
Please get your facts straight before you embarrass your self more.
So again join us or get out of the way.
What is the remedy you seek in your grievance?
I wouldn't call it a financial windfall by any stretch.
As long as the remedy doesn't hurt the pilots on either side it may be a positive. Right now CAL pilots see it is a negative. That may be to the packaging and the timing of what we've heard about it.
This guy Smisek is pretty slick. He may have done it under the "guise" of something strange and you are probably right. If the line pilots at CAL understood the grievance the way you worded it here, that wouold go a long way to getting a better understanding of your position.
This is the first explanation of it that I have heard that makes sense. I honestly hope you win if nothing else just to demonstrate to slick smisek that he doesn't have everthing covered.