Originally Posted by
gettinbumped
As far as the SLI moving a pilot from 50% down to 80% and affecting his/her earnings and QOL.... If that were to happen, in my mind that pilot should be incredibly happy that he/she had the last 3 years of "super seniority". If the list had been implemented immediately in 2010, that pilot would never have been up in the 50% range, so they've had a windfall of sorts. Of course, NONE of this may happen; all depends on how the list comes out. There are most likely going to be many LCAL pilots that are holding seats that they would never have been able to hold if the list had been instantly merged in 2010 at merger consummation. THIS is why the LUAL pilots were getting frustrated by the LCAL MEC perceived foot dragging. With each passing day, more LCAL pilots were occupying seats that the 2010 merger date didn't support. These pilots will not be bumped out of those seats, so if they end up going to the bottom of their seat list for a few years while their seniority catches up to them, well.... I think they should feel lucky to be honest
OMG ... more what's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine ... Tell me, who had airplanes on order? Who had pilots without a recall letter on MAD (and oh, BTW, they didn't get one until this spring) ... Who had a contract that protected their flying, and who didn't? The arbs will make the only judgement that really counts on the values of these equities , so believe what you will, but this is what each side brought to the table that wasn't "equalized" by an equity that the other side possessed. Go ahead and believe that ALPA merger policy was changed to provide full longevity credit and that a 30% bidding power transfer passes the fair and equitable threshold (o.k. because windfall isn't in the policy) ... I refuse to buy the argument that ALPA changed merger policy so that the UAL folks could take back their "rightful" seniority with a re-distribution of a CAL pilot's earned equity. Have a great holiday weekend.