Originally Posted by
Ottolillienthal
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.
I haven't read the ruling. However, in my case your above statement is incorrect. There was a flow through agreement that I was part of but the IACP came on property 5 yrs later. There were many different agreements, thats the problem! The ISL puts it all to bed thankfully!!