Originally Posted by
SEDPA
Really? Most of those hired between MAD and the UPA were payed as if they were recalled to L-UAL ... and more to the point, every one could have been recalled to L-UAL and the cost to the company would have been just about the same. Take a another guess.
Not true. While they were given the UAL PAYRATES, they operated under the CAL contract for every other aspect. Plus when they ran out of pilots, they were able to bring in new hires who would be paid at year 1 pay.
It would have been far more expensive to pay those pilots the same rate on the UAL side with all the extra costs to the company because of the UAL contract, plus be forced to continue their longevity pay increases every year, etc.