Originally Posted by Phrogs4ever

This is not even close to relative seniority. A pilot goes from greater than 100% (furloughed) to 75% is relative??? Ok. Is this the part where I am supposed to start spewing:

"UAL should be embarrassed by this proposal!"

"Where's the UAL outrage!"

"You're just a scab airline!"

"...bunch of snot nosed pilots who were still diapers when I was flying!"

"Longevity!"

"ALPA merger policy!"

"Burn it down if I don't get my way!"

"We have real widebodies!"

"We are a real international airline!"

"I was told at a dinner fifteen years ago that I would retire as a 747 Captain and I am entitled to that expectation! (Please ignore the realities of the last decade.)"

"But we were right sized!"

"We have a better cafeteria in our training center!"

"We don't wear hats!"

"We had better crew bases!"

"We had aircraft on order!"

"Our stripes look better!"

"I have a minor in brain surgery!"

"I can't retire #1 if the pilot ahead of me is younger than I am!"

"You were going to go bankrupt without us!"



Whatever. I've heard it all before. The l-ual team did what they were supposed to do. I'm certainly not offended (even though I would lose 13% seniority), and won't blow a head gasket over a seniority integration PROPOSAL! This whole process is smoke and mirrors with convenient semantics thrown in. It's too bad that the whole seniority list integration is being fought over battle fields that have nothing to do with pilot seniority. I've already stated, I am prepared to live the results no matter what. Are you?