With all due respect, I still operate under a Continental CBA, I am still part of Local Council 170 (EWR-CAL) and until we have a JCBA & a Combined Seniority List, I'm still a Continental Airline Pilot. Or, as the company puts it; S-CAL.

If we were all "United" Pilots, we'd have one council here in NYC, same goes for LAX and soon to be ORD & DEN. If we were all United, the word "Joint" would not be part of any discussions.

I am all for Unity. Many of us have gone to other bases to support rally's, picketing and Family Awareness events.
This should never have come down to a UAL Pilots vs. CAL Pilots argument.
But what do you expect us to do when your MEC Chair did something that none of my Reps were aware of, and actually contradicts what your MEC and JNC agreed to, just the week before!
If you're going to push the CAL Pilots to making a choice between our Jay or your Jay.. it's not going to be good.

Even I'm not a Jay P lover.. but he is my elected leader. If you think that forcing CAL Pilots to choose is a wise thing, I think you're wrong.
Even guys who are on the fence would probably choose Jay P.

While we may (now) all fly aircraft that say the word "United" on the side, we are far from ALL being United Pilots. Both in Name, and in Spirit.

To Bad...

Motch