Here, here, Otto....

Psst, hey, UAL lineholders....you know how you like having a schedule? How you sacrificed higher pay so that you could hold your seat with plenty of seniority so you wouldn't have to sit reserve? Well, have you ever heard of "Inverse Assignment"? Yeah, you're on reserve now too....those days off on your schedule, you didn't really want those, right? This little beauty makes you a system reserve so that you can cover managements manpower problems. Oh, they'll give you some shiny silver to compensate, I'm sure little Bobby and Sue will understand when you can't make it to the play or soccer game---because you didn't really want that day off, and you don't get a choice.

Hey, UAL furloughed pilots....remember how they said longevity for furloughed pilots was a top priority? Boy they really came through on that one....longevity for everyone!!! Hoorayy!! Except for the UAL furloughees who have been furloughed twice. You see, in ALPA-land, being furloughed once is much worse than being furloughed twice, so you two-timers, no furlough longevity for you, that is, until after ISL, and then, although unlikely, maybe you'll get some, but you will be linked to AND restricted by the unrelated CAL pilot that is senior to you. You see, in ALPA-land, being furloughed by CAL is the greatest injustice of all, for they get full and complete, day-for-day longevity restoration for all time spent on furlough...Period. Seems fair, no?

Oh, and scope....remember Whiteford's little side letter that opened the door for UEX Embraers? How it was universally panned by all of us as a screw-job....got him labeled as Whiteferg? Well it turns out in ALPA-land, Whiteferg was just too dang restrictive....our best and brightest agreed that we ought to increase that gross weight allowance, and 70 seats just weren't enough to let management do their handy-work--give 'em 76....and you know there's room for about 90 seats on those bad-boys, so you know whats coming in the next contract, right???....

You know how you liked vacation drops? Say so long to those, too.....here in ALPA-land, 3 reserve days off=4.62 days of vacation....that sweet 2-day trip worth 13 hours? In ALPA-land, that'll cost you 4 days of vacation. That awesome pay raise you'll be getting? Not quite as much as you think since you'll be paying a lot more out of your pocket for your benefits---after you've paid your payroll taxes on your bigger paycheck.

woohoo, sweet deal...I say vote yes.