Originally Posted by LAX Pilot

A flight attendant could make the same argument. They are on the company payroll. But a different job. So then they get hired as a pilot and state that they have longevity, but doesn't matter because they show up on the list when they get to the new job.

Flying for Express Jet is obviously a different job than flying for the mainline side because you can't fly each other's equipment.

I think the arbitrators are smart enough to figure this out. Its going to be easier for them to just say that instead of trying to sort out pilots who can't be moved from their relative position and somehow try to give them longevity credit, while pilots senior to them have less longevity. Same with flowbacks and furloughs. You aren't at the job if you are on flowback or furlough.

Plus the simple fact that one of the CAL MC members himself was quoted as saying that he was specifically told and had to sign something stating that he was NOT hired at CAL when hired at express jet, sort of defies the current self-serving argument, which will be outed completely in about 2 weeks.

Nothing against those guys. Its great for the to pass travel at the date they were hired at the feeder airline, but it isn't going to benefit them for major airline integration.

Not a chance.