Heads up to all United employees... Remember about a year ago when UAX employees could list outbound on an RJ and return on a mainline jet but due to a programming error keep their SA0X priority instead of their rightful SA5X? This would vault them straight to the top of the list, above the most senior of us, even though it was on our own metal? Well, despite claims by the company that had been fixed, it hasn't. I got bumped down the list on a 757 by a 2005 hire United Express pilot and his family of 4. The company claims that it will show up wrong on the list, but is fixed in Shares before the seats are given out.

WRONG. The ONLY way to get ahead of these guys is to either burn a vacation pass, or point out to the agent that the glitch exists and have them bypass assigning the United Express employees and hope that they will be wiling to do so.

If you are on mainline metal, check the list, and if you see an SA0X priority, you and your family are about to get hosed. The SA0X priority should only show up on the RJ's. Pass the word, and file IOR's and PDR's with picture documentation. I can't IMAGINE how many United employees have been left behind this summer on our own jets while the UAX employees just dance away in our seats.