Originally Posted by
Olecal
Talked to him about it extensively! And the dynamics are very different, especially with 3 carriers with different expectations and missions. It would be great if you were to look at things both ways. An active pilot would have their career stagnated as people come off the street in front of them. Also, it makes the active pilot more susceptible to furlough. Remember that furloughed is a status/category! I do realize that there will be credit for widebodies etc, but I'm not so sure that many, if any, involuntary furloughs will be put in front of active pilots. It's going to be a long uphill battle to look past the "Tale of two pilots" scenario in NS's testimony. The fact alone that you are staying on the CAL side instead of accepting recall is a very strengthening argument to career expectations alone at CAL...
Keep in mind the average age of these temporarily stagnated folks you refer to are 10-20 years younger the UA junior group. The jr CAL group will have have the last 10-20 years of their career super senior and with multiple times the wide body positions that they would have had otherwise. Unless the jr UA folks are given longevity credit, the jr CAL group will be given, what could be arguably called, a double windfall.