It's appalling that Continental is going to hire off the street while United has 1436 on furlough! They're both ALPA carriers operating under a single certificate! It's 100% the wrong thing to do!!! It's not the fault of the 1437 furloughed United Pilots that this merger and integration has taken so damn long. ALPA National should step in and stop this from happening. This has to be the first time since this Union started that something like this has happened. We deserve an explanation of what is being done by the United MEC to get the 1437 United pilots back on the property prior to any hiring of new hires off the street. The company created this mess and it's their problem and it has to be a violation of ALPA policy. Plus, for United to give the MEC permission to announce a recall and then basically retract the statement because the summer block hour plan is still in flux and isn't sure exactly how many pilots it will need next summer is complete BS. The company is not comfortable enough even to announce a general number and time frame for recalls, yet CAL is able to forecast a large system bid and announcement of new pilot hiring of 48 month indefinitely! ***!!!! The 1437 furloughed United Pilots should be outraged!