Originally Posted by
tkhayes90
Dude,
Mil LV guys don't get recalled. They tell the company when they are returning and are not affected by loa 25.
I'm on the cal side right now and loa 25 gives the company relief from contractual language, takes about $7500 out of my pay, and could possibly hurt every UAL pilot durning SLI arbitration.
Probably not. The active pilots Longevity and career expectations are not affected by LOA 25. That was ONLY for pay purposes for the furloughees. Any reasonable arbitrator can see that and the UAL side is clearly going to point that out.
If anything the UAL side can make the argument to the arbitrator that the best way to help the furloughees is to give them at least DOH seniority becaue LOA 25 would then restore their full pay.
So on the surface it looks to be ISL neutral and its very transparent why this was done.
But yes, this is going to be a difficult question fundamentally. These guys would have come back and would have a defined career expectation based on the status quo, many of which holding widebody capts at some point. So how they get handled will be interesting.