Originally Posted by
Airhoss
IAHB756,
Now that the summer rush is over they are claiming pilot surplus over here. Can you not see how they are trying to use divide and conquer? They are growing you guys and they are shrinking us. If it's not pretty obvious it should be.
Guys hired in 2005 might loose their captains bids? I doubt it, but guys hired in 2000 over here are furloughed and guys like myself who were hired in 1997 were surplussed off the captains seats two to three years ago and are now sitting as bottom reserves on the right seat of the 756 or are on the right seat of the A-320.
The inequities here are astounding and growing by the day.
So which is it? Divide and conquer or all of us on the same page? We see it exactly the same as you. It sucks on both sides. Yet you continue to bash CAL pilots because of the growth here but when growth is aimed at UAL, you bemoan us for taking away your precious 757. So which way do we go here? We want to be on the same page with you but you seem to be shooting yourself in the foot. What exactly do you want the CAL pilots to do that we are not already doing? Walk off the job? Refuse the aircraft orders and the CA seats? Acquiesce to a staple job? Sacrifice our first born?
We get it. You're not happy with the 737. Get over it. UAL is getting how many of them now? You seem to want to cut off your nose to spite your face just so you don't have to fly it. If we had not merged, what would UAL have replaced the 757 with? More 757's? You parked your 737's and got a whole fleet of RJ's. That's better? Would you turn your nose up at an E170/E190 CA seat on UAL property, with UAL pay and benefits?
Yes, the inequality we have here is growing by the day but this was thought out long before we got to this day. I agree, it sucks. And I'll also recognize UAL is getting the short end of the stick, for now. Again, what can the CAL pilots do about it? We picket, you picket. You vote, we vote. We protest, you protest. You suffer, we suffer. You strike and the CAL pilots will strike right along with you, side by side. What else do you want us to do?