Originally Posted by
CleCapt
Somebody has been drinking a little too much kool-aid at the road shows.
I guess all the UAL pilots need to know is "Cherry or Grape?"
My best advice to L-UAL is to talk to the UAL guys flying at CAL right now. Talk to them about contract abuse and how the company interprets the contract in THEIR favor.
The language of this TA is NOT strong enough to prevent this from continuing for another 4 years and beyond. Don't be swayed by a few extra dollars in your pocket. If this gets past the pilots, there will be a big "I told you so" 6 months from now when you see the company's interpretation of this POS TA.
Do what the Union has asked you to do. Look at the TA as a whole, not just the money. Look at the changes in you Quality of Life. The company is buying 51% of the pilots and that's all.
Well, considering that the work rules are TOTALLY different in the TA than present CAL work rules, why would the abuses they suffer under your current contract apply? The work rules are extremely similar to UAL's, and we've been living under them for a long time. The BIG things that were lacking were rules that prevented the company from scheduling the crap 10 hour 3 days and 15 hour 4 days that I get at least twice a month. In this contract, that has been solved. For the first time since the 80's.
The "I told you so" would be substantially more fierce from the L-UAL "Yes" voters to the "No" voters when they watch CAL hire 60 a month, take delivery of new airplanes every month, and endure continued shrinkage.