Originally Posted by
Sunvox
Take a deep breath and repeat after me. ALPA is not an idiot . . .
You're grasping at straws here, and if you seriously read that and thought there was some magic loop hole, then I'm sorry to disappoint you. This means UAX carriers are NOT UAL pilots BUT they still have to follow ALL the UAX rules.
"ALPA is not an idiot"
But Nope..not grasping at straws. Don't see some magic loophole either.
It just... doesn't... sit well with me that United can own an airline, hire pilots, pour resources into it...and not have it be considered company flying. I can clearly see that 1-C-1 still applies.
As a two time furloughee, I've done a 180 on my thoughts about the issue of United owning a regional operation. I'd actually fly those aircraft if it meant getting paid a rate, work rules and benefits package that my United brothers and I agreed to. Better than being furloughed.
I do "get it" when guys mention that we don't want to have to deal with the merger issues, but that comes second to my perception of what it will be like if they could operate a second (albeit limited by scope) airline.