Originally Posted by
Skybo
Please explain how an LUAL 89 hire trumps an 87 hire at CAL? With what ALPA no doubt paid the arbitrators to completely ignore what CAL brought to the table, I think I'm going to be an arbitrator. I can be as crooked as the next guy. ALPA, in my opinion, saw the writing on the wall. Lose the LUAL pilots, lose the combined group and the millions they bring to the coffers. Better to appease the larger group.
Because the 87 hire at LCAL was his EXPRESS hire date. Many of the LCAL pilots whose DOH are listed are showing CALEX hire dates instead of their mainline start date. Example: If you look up JP, he shows a 1989 DOH and is below a 1992 LUAL pilot. However, JP did not turn the wheel of a mainline airplane until 1997. Thus he REALLY is slotted next to someone 5 years senior to him.