Snarge.. before this gets out of hand- I will PM you my number if you want to talk.
As far as I'm concerned, the Vote is over. Yet one of your own UAL Pilots came on here and threw JP out as the reason this 40 seat Large RJ order is happening. My reply was simple. How did you vote?

If anyone voted YES and then *****es about the crap that is happening, well.. what did they expect.

I was taught a valuable lesson early on in life. You get nothing without working hard for it. And sometimes, you have to fight for it. And sometimes Life is Unfair.

In my opinion, both unions were dysfunctional from the start.. and yet we garnered a 99% Strike Vote. And then we did nothing with it.

But it's over.

As far as the SFO Base.. if the reason was the "UAL Pilots will be enraged".. ok, whatever. In my experience, management doesn't seem to care about workers being "enraged". They care about the bottom line.
When "enraged" equals a Strike or something else that costs us money, then the company will Stop and take notice.
But a threat of "being enraged"?!

When all is said and done, I think you will see two major hubs on the West Coast, and two on the East Coast. I expect they will have 73's everywhere.. as it will end up being our greatest fleet.
The only question now is when? The company has a JCBA.. so they can start implementing new bases at their pleasure (my opinion).

If they do a SFO Base prior to the SLI and it's only offered to the CAL Pilots (based on our current CBA).. sorry.
But once we have the SLI, and that base continues to grow, there will be openings for both sides.

Oh, and unless the SFO losses aircraft/staffing due to a 737 base, it's not that big of an issue in the short term.

Again, word on the rumor mill is that the SFO Base is waiting for SLI. Though, on the LCAL Side, we require (per our old CBA) another bid (even if it turns out to be a bid per the new CBA) sometime in the next three months. That is prior to SLI.

Motch