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Old 01-25-2013, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by LifeNtheFstLne View Post
Why does JH encourage the curtailing of vacancies being filled at L-CAL by new hires if it has no bearing on the SLI (allegedly)? Serious question.
From an earlier update:

Continued L-CAL hiring opportunities for Furloughed United Pilots
As we work toward an Integrated Seniority List, pilot positions at L-CAL will continue to be available to Furloughed United Pilots under the terms of the Merger Transition and Process Agreement (JCBA LOA 25 Paragraph 5). Class dates are currently available starting every Tuesday through April 2013. That being said, if you are planning to accept a job offer at CAL make sure you take into consideration that you must give 30 days notice of your intent to come off of “Bypass” in order to be placed in a class and that class must have available slots. Vacant positions still being filled are IAH 737, EWR 737 and some EWR 756 positions. GUM 737 volunteers will be accepted at any time. Positions not filled by furloughed United pilots will be filled by “new hires” off the street. As of the end of 2012 L-CAL has already hired 26 “new hire” pilots off the street. Until the Seniority List Integration process is completed hiring off the street to fill positions at L-CAL not filled by United furloughees will continue, with the likely possibility of entire classes being filled by pilots hired off the street later this Spring (This assumption is based on the number of furloughed United pilots currently coming off of bypass to fill the currently offered positions).

Some things to consider when deciding whether or not to come off of bypass and accept a job offer at L-CAL, especially for those who are junior on the recall list:

· Once the operational merger is complete the hiring process at L-CAL will stop and the recall process at the “new” United will begin. If you are junior on the seniority list you have the opportunity to return now instead of waiting for furlough recall, which, depending on the acceptance rate, could be later this year or possibly sometime in 2014 if you are very junior.
· By accepting a job offer at L-CAL you will be on property when the SLI is complete and will be eligible to participate in the first vacancy bid of the combined list, which may afford you the opportunity to get to where you want to be sooner than waiting.
· If you are an involuntarily furloughed pilot, recall once the “operational” merger is complete will be to the unfilled vacancies at the “new” United, most likely determined by a combined vacancy bid. The domicile and equipment offered in your recall class may not be to a previous L-UAL domicile or equipment, but could most likely be to the same domiciles and equipment as are available now in the class slots still available at L-CAL. Furthermore, an assignment to GUM may no longer be voluntary, as it currently is, because GUM will be a “United” domicile once the merger is complete
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