Originally Posted by
LAX Pilot
You are wasting your breath. Obviously most CAL pilots don't want longevity to count, so they try to claim its an undefinable value.
They gave it ZERO weight on their SLI which is how pilots at the merger date who had 13 years of uninterrupted service were stapled behind pilots like Yost and Watts who were not even on the property!!!
Just like they claimed that widebody flying is "undesirable" in their final brief and pilots want to be 737 Captains. Of course when UAL proposed a 747 fence the CAL side flipped.
WOW!!!
Just go 1 for 1 because that makes sense.
Lax, calm down DUDE !
If the longevity discussed here is applied, I don't believe you will get too much of an issue from the CAL side. A L UAL pilot hired in 1999 worked for mainline for 2 years before 911 furlough. (2 years Longevity) I guess some pilots were recalled in 2007/8 and were then furloughed again. Lets say 2 more years longevity.
So a 1999 hire that has been furloughed could receive 4 years longevity credit on SLI
That seems to be the definition discussed on the thread.
Of course the same rules need to be applied to both sides.
So considering LONGEVITY alone, AND at 100%, it is difficult to see how a 1999 UAL hire could go ahead of a 2005 CAL hire with 5 years longevity as of 2010 merger date.
The exact months of hire etc will skew this result either way.
I don't believe anyone thinks the ZERO longevity credit for non furlough UAL pilots will hold up.
Keep your 747 fence, not too much interest on the CAL side.
We'll see what comes down early September.