Originally Posted by
SEDPA
This is not inevitable ... neither MEC operated in a vacuum ... BOTH sides are to blame for the lost time and possible gains, PERIOD. Post SLI, post ONE MEC, it will be our actions together that sow the seeds of gains or despair.
L-UAL brought many equities to the table, and amongst them was no protections to your flying in a merger, and 1437 unemployed pilots ... In my humble opinion, these two "equities" are the biggest reasons why we are where we are today, and will be the biggest two drivers in the arbitrators' award.
Total BS. UAL MEC didn't pout like a kid and say they wouldn't negotiate unless the other side agreed to their idiotic pay banding scheme. Sad part is if it doesn't help the CAL side with their SLI Ike they hoped we now get to get paid Narrowbody pay for flying a 757 and small wide body pay for flying a 747 and 777.
Fortunately the arbitrators have already indicated they'll use longevity as a major factor because that's the only evidence they went out and got on their own. They had to write a letter to management asking for accurate CAL mainline hiring dates and furlough and recall dates because the CAL side refused to provide it. Much like the CAL JCBA stall tactics. Oce they got that, they decided they didn't
Need the last two days of surrebuttals and the CAL side flipped out!
So I guess we will see.