Originally Posted by
SpecialTracking
Many are voting yes because they feel a TA rejection would lead to the "Easternization" of sUAL. Little do they know they are presently working under a contract with a min block hour guarantee under 1-F-1 which would prevent such a scenario. It is ironic they are voting for an agreement that does NOT have a min block hour guarantee and would allow for future dismantling.
Caveat emptor my friends.
The TA scope provisions are much, much more valuable (specifically the change in control provisions). The block hour guarantee contained in s-UAL 1-F1 which is stated at 1.68MM block hours but has been reduced by one of the LOA's to the CBA to think around 1.3MM. I don't have access to the document at the moment but the 1.68 number is aprox. 20% below where we are today so there is a real potential risk to down sizing s-UAL after March 2013. A block hour guarantee is only useful in certain situations (like this one for instance) and really does nothing in a situation where the company is severely retrenching. What are you going to do, force them to fly empty airplanes? How does that help us as pilots chained to the deck of United Airlines?