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SEDPA
Agreed. It's unfortunate that the pre UPA UAL contract had absolutely zero provisions to protect UAL flying in the event of a merger ... That was your contract; own up. Quit blaming everyone else except the men in the mirror for what your MEC wrought.
Actually I'm perfectly comfortable with where I placed the blame.
We did what we needed to do... voted to de-power Pierce. I'm not the one whining about the scope provision. That would be laughable Larry who wants us to use the grievance we won thanks to Pierce's shenanigans to improve something for the LCAL pilot group. Funny, I didn't see the LCAL MEC looking out for ANYONE except themselves (which many LCAL pilots on here claimed was their job). That's fine, but you should expect the same now from LUAL.
Your point about not having any merger protections are totally moot. We could have had a contract in 2010, but Pierce AND Morse blew it. At least we had the good sense to replace our guilty party. Then the LCAL MEC hostage situation began. I don't need to look in the mirror to place blame there. The facts speak for themselves. Look no further than the LCAL position that we should use the 2013 list to merger seniority. Good luck with that. The strategy was clear to most of us all along.