Originally Posted by
Carolsdanger
I wish I knew who Staller was or what he did to scare you so bad.
Ok Slick, it has nothing to do with the cost or class or no class of service. It's about who should get on an airplane. The "vacation pass" has been abused by commuters on both sides of the airline/issue. As far as cost go, over 25 years there is no charge for either class of service. Why don't you lobby for "no charge" for all employees, regardless of years of service, instead of trying to justify a system that was designed to be a rewards system.
Abused with vacation passes? Perhaps sometimes. It's happened to me 3X in 13 years. Each time all I did was burn my own vacation pass. One time I was able to tell the dope thanks for being an idiot and causing us both to waste a pass. I'd be all for a free pass travel system, but you and I both know Jeff won't give and a whole lot of 25+ guys would scream of wasted negotiating capital if it was attempted as a contractual issue.
Originally Posted by
Carolsdanger
You must have been one of the people that opposed retiree's from getting DOH for boarding priority. Guess what, they get enough vacation passes that allows them to board at a higher priority than most of the active employees. You should work on a system that's fair for all instead of justifying a system that tries to limit. You'd be a lot happier and you and your wife could travel more.
When I retire the last thing I ever want to do is non rev esp if my DOH is needed just to think about making the flight. But since you want a far system, sure restore their DOH. In the meantime glad they got vac passes. My wife and I travel all the time. Never really found myself cursing our system as unfair. I do agree the SA0X issue is BS that needed to be stopped before it started.
Just priced ORD-NRT-BKK roundtrip in BF costs $1556 for two people. From what I recall, fronting the cash would have been the only choice under the prior UAL system. Getting it for zilch by using a vac pass sure seems like a better deal for the vast majority of UAL employees that lack your distinguished 25+ years.