Originally Posted by
gettinbumped
And it's a good honest answer. Unfortunately, the L-UAL pilots have seen several maneuvers by the CAL union leadership that makes them feel less than "unified". LOA 25, Pay Banding, profit sharing done outside of required try-party negotiations.... None of that is bringing any unity. As uaav8r points out, the next hurdle is the planes leaving L-UAL and where they go. Let's say Captain Pierce's past actions haven't left us feeling warm and fuzzy. And I haven't seen one L-CAL pilot stand up and suggest that they wouldn't fly the new planes if presented to them at L-UAL's expense. If this TA passes, we will get through the SLI with pretty much everyone being disappointed (the sign of a successful merger), and then we can move on. At that point, all events effect the pilot group EVENLY. As it stands now, one groups pain is usually the others gain. And it's been a smidge one-sided, wouldn't you say??
It has, to an extent. And yes, if most could, we would not fly the new aircraft. The problem is that the new aircraft are replacing the aircraft we are parking on a one-for-one basis. The same is true for the 787. We will finish parking all 767-200's sometime in 2013.
Our point is we understand and do see the transfer of assets possibly going to happen at LUAL. We have also seen this new aircraft order for a TA BS in the past also. It didn't end very well. Here, sign C02 and you can fly a shinny new 787.
A large number of us watched the CA seats we waited 9+ years for, disappear with age 65 as well as having Abbot tell us why he was slashing EWR flying and cutting even more CA seats to make it better for "commuters".
We just don't want the LUAL pilots to bite on a substandard TA in the hopes of eliminating said transfer. How disappointed do you we will ALL be if this TA is voted in and the SLI takes 18 months and the transfer happens anyway? Mgmt is gonna do what mgmt wants to do. All we can do is not bite on the division they have created so far.