Our ex EAL'ers are all saying that this is starting to feel and look a lot like CAL/EAL. Cal is growing, UAL is being shrunk, that is undeniable.

We were supposed to be recalling and even hiring by this fall. We were supposed to have a major bid coming out this fall. It ain't happening in fact we have such a surplus of pilots they are handing out unpaid leaves.

We are not taking on ANY growth airplanes in fact any and all airplane orders are replacements only for smaller lower paying airframes.

In the meanwhile CAL is taking on new airplanes, hiring like gang busters and growing primarily at L-UAL domiciles and to the detriment of UAL pilots in general. Ours is a net loss, CAL's is a net gain, plain and simple.

This is no accident, it's not mismanagement, it's planned, it's well orchestrated and it's a prime example of leveraging one group by benefiting it, while abusing and depleting the other side.

Nothing has changed for the positive on this side since this "merger" began in fact my living and working conditions have only gotten worse by a large degree. I don't know of any pilots on the L-UAL side who could say their experience has been positive or that they've benefited from any of this mess. No upgrades, no movement, still being paid bankruptcy wages, and now we are being threatened with a pilot surplus while the CAL side is hiring and moving like crazy.

You can rationalize it any way you want but these are the facts on this side of the tracks.