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Old 12-13-2012 | 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by LAX Pilot
When you came back from furlough #1 did you get any pay longevity restored?

What if there was no LOA 25? If it were just coming back to whatever the old pay longevity was, do you think these guys would sue to get the pay longevity restored?

So it seems that LOA 25 potentially ADDS to something that isn't currently guaranteed.
No. No credit for either furlough. That is what is upsetting the twice furloughed guys/gals. You can't give full credit to the L-CAL furloughees and give more credit than time served to some of the most junior L-UAL furloughees , but not give ANY credit to pilots at United hired in 1999 or earlier. I should be at signing of the TA at the 8 year mark with time served. Instead I will be at 5. I know, what's a couple of dollars an hour right? It is all very easy for the people who didn't get furloughed twice to rationalize. For us, it is a tough pill to swallow. With 13+ years at United, furloughed or not, we have been through the wringer. If you kept your job, all be it with a huge pay-cut and crappy contract, you still had an income and retirement and health and dental insurance for your families......We did not. Some of us are really upset and worried about the precedent that sets for the SLI . As I said before, it is a highly emotional topic, and not one that will easily be settled. In my case, if there was no LOA 25, would I be given the 8 year pay versus the 5 year? I am not sure. Perhaps someone from ALPA can answer that....or not. It is not clear to me. Maybe I need to hit a road show!
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