Originally Posted by
DMC12
I am a 2005 CAL guy and I don't see a problem with the list. I am merged in with 1998 UAL pilots.
I was born in 1976, all of the UAL pilots near me in seniority were born in the early 1960s. Seems to me that they will be long gone for my last 10-15 years at the company.
Why are CAL folks complaining? I am very happy with this list. In 1998 I was a junior in college.
One of my flight instructors in college was hired at UAL in 2000. I am now 2,000 numbers ahead of him on the new list. Is that fair? Not really, considering that he had just graduated when I was a freshmen, but that is how this biz works out.
I am just not understanding why CAL folks are mad?
I think folks are mad because those that never got furloughed at all just got screwed. Also, the arbitrator is wrong. There was indeed a union on property during the flow-through agreement periods whereby COEX pilots were hired at mainline CAL. To state that there was no agreement in place, nor union in place is incorrect. I guess I paid union dues to something called IACP for nothing.
UAL downsized their airline and eliminated over 1400 positions. Those jobs went away along with the airplanes and those positions were subsequently absorbed by feeder/regional carriers flying RJ's. If you lost positions to a ghost pilot who was furloughed and who had absolutely no job to come back to then you probably are a bit miffed.