A REAL Unionist view of LOA-25 Furlough rape!
This is one of the most important emails I have ever sent. Please read carefully.
From TA LOA 25 Merger Transition Issues:
4. Pay Longevity Credit for Furloughees
Upon date of signing, any pilot who is, or previously was, furloughed and whose accrued
pay longevity is less than that of pilots hired on or before 5/6/08 shall receive additional
pay longevity credit for time spent on furlough, but only to the extent that such credit
does not provide a pay longevity date prior to 5/7/08.
What's going on here? 5/6/08 is the Date of Hire of the JUNIOR CAL pilot. He, and every other CAL pilot that's ever been furloughed at CAL will get full FURLOUGH LONGEVITY CREDIT (FLC). How many current UAL furloughees get this credit? Answer: ONLY THOSE JUNIOR TO THE JUNIOR CAL PILOT. Think about that. All the UAL furloughees senior to the junior CAL pilot get what? They get ZERO furlough longevity credit EVEN THOUGH THE CURRENT UAL CONTRACT HAS A SIDE LETTER THAT PROVIDES FULL FURLOUGH LONGEVITY CREDIT. BY VOTING FOR THIS CONTRACT WE ARE AGREEING TO MORE THAN VOIDING THIS SIDE LETTER.
This is a horrific financial loss to all but a few UAL furloughees. BUT THERE'S MORE TO THIS THAN THE MONEY.
Read the rest of the paragraph:
When an Integrated Seniority List is presented to the Company that satisfies the terms of Section 5 of the Transition and Process Agreement (“TPA”), pilots who are or previously were furloughed shall receive
additional pay longevity credit for all time spent on furlough (read: "furlough longevity repair") provided that they have additional time on furlough which was not credited for pay longevity purposes upon date
of signing, and provided further that the application of such additional credit does not
result in any s-United pilot having a pay longevity date that is earlier than the pay
longevity date of the next most senior s-Continental pilot.
This "furlough longevity repair" will be limited to the results of the Integrated Seniority List (ISL), and MAY NOT APPLY IF STAPLED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST OR IF PLACED IN A POSITION SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN DATE OF HIRE. THERE'S NO VALUE HERE.
SO WHY DID THIS PARAGRAPH GET WRITTEN?
ANSWER: BECAUSE DENYING S-UAL FULL FURLOUGH LONGEVITY CREDIT WEAKENS THEIR UAL PILOT POSITION ON THE INTEGRATED SENIORITY LIST. AND IF IT WEAKENS OUR FULOUGHEES, WHY WOULD IT NOT DO THE SAME FOR THE REST OF THE S-UAL PILOTS, ESPECIALLY IF IT GOES TO ARBITRATION? METHODOLOGIES THAT WORK AGAINST ONE PART OF THE LIST GIVE AMAZING POWER TO AN ARBITRATOR.
IN SO DOING, WE HAVE CREATED A TWO-TIERED PILOT GROUP: CAL FURLOUGHEES WHO WIN AND GET 100% FLC, UAL FURLOUGHEES GET ZERO EXCEPT FOR A FEW OF THE MOST JUNIOR. HOW MUCH WILL THIS BE WORTH IN DOLLARS? BUT IT DOESN'T END THERE.
THE REAL DIVISION THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME AND CREATE DECENSION IN THE COCKPIT FOREVER WILL OCCUR WHEN IT BECOMES OBVIOUS THAT S-UAL FURLOUGHEES GOT SCREWED IN THE FINAL ISP BECAUSE THE S-UAL MEC GAVE THE S-CAL MEC THE OPPORTUNITY TO INSIST THAT LONGEVITY WAS PART OF THE EQUATION. HOW WILL THEY EVER RECOVER FROM THAT? SENIORITY IS FOREVER. SO IS BETRAYAL AND HATRED OF YOUR FELLOW PILOTS WHO VOTED FOR AN AGREEMENT THAT DID THIS TO THEM.
WE STOOD SOLID AGAINST THE 1985 B-SCALE. THOSE THAT DIDN'T ARE CALLED SCABS TO THIS DAY.
Gus Arscott, Member, UAL-MEC (1991-93, 1998-2002) .
B-400 Captain Member Negotiating Committee (1993-1998)
ALPA # 55-4444 Chairman, MEC Membership Committee (1985-1991)
IF YOU AGREE, PLEASE FORWARD TO AS MANY S-UAL AND S-CAL PILOTS THAT YOU KNOW.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, READ THE LAST LINE ABOVE THE SIGNATURE.