Originally Posted by Ottolillienthal

NO.

They had already furloughed those guys. Their letters were already mailed out. In the 11th hour they tried to bushwack the MEC by using their inside man (Dave Zullo), the Scheduling Chairman to negotiate a "furlough mitigation LOA", which was actually entitled "Joint Venture Flying."

The JV LOA did not pass the MEC on two seperate occasions. This is largely in part because of the poorly explained language, lack of definitions, triggers, and the fact that we would have forever given up the goose that lays our golden eggs.

The LOA was also missing a zero.

CAL wanted us to give up JV flying in exchange for a 2 percent pay raise. Crazy...........give up scope for a mere 2 percent pay raise......NUTS!!!!

The LOA was changed to the "Zullo side letter." Crazier still, management insisted that the pilots NOT vote on it, and the MEC approve it, ratify it, and make it law. How's that for nuts?

Zullo quit and then went to management in a hissy fit.