[QUOTE=EWR73FO;1327849]Apples to oranges. You can't compare bidding on aircraft that might be here before the end of this decade to ones that will be here fall of 2013.

End of this decade? The deliveries start in 2016. That's 3 years from now. Ask sUAL management about cancelling firm orders (see Airbus 320 penaltie$)

You have every right to fly those 150 737's that were ordered last year IMO. Anything before that is simply an attempt to grab CA seats that were never yours.

And the widebodies on order BEFORE the merger announcement? CAL guys can bid on them without grabing CA seats that were never theirs? Oh yeah...apples and oranges. Got it.


What would have been great is, if we had taken the time to ensure that the new contract gave the opportunity UAL pilots to bid those aircraft once they were slated to start arriving on property. As it stands now, CAL mgmt can continue to see that CAL pilots fly the
above mentioned aircraft until and probably past the completed SLI.

Oh yeah. That's what we needed. More time. rUAL's much anticipated narrowbody order never materialized. Instead we got a merger announcement with an airline that already had new narrowbodies coming. So after 2 years, your solution is MORE TIME? big surprise. No Thanks. I am glad we voted in the contract. Clock is ticking. Just a matter of months now. get ready.

Sled