Originally Posted by
Slammer
The introduction of 1400+ furloughed pilots into the active mix of both CAL and UAL and using 2010 list, negatively impacted the back half of the CAL list and future bidding, but not so for the back half of the UAL active pilots....they got bumps and we got dumped....so I've not met any CAL pilot that is happy with the list. Perhaps on an individual basis, some did ok but as a group of CAL active pilots, we got our heads handed too us.
BTW...kudos to the UA MC...they orchestrated and played the changes to the ALPA merger policy too their strong advantage and the arbitrators believed in their methodology.
Going into this, in my own mind, I was always going to be OK with furloughed pilots with the same or longer longevity/active-time being integrated above me. Maybe I'm the only one. Yes, I do understand the argument some were making about a furloughed pilot being a furloughed pilot and past arbitrations, etc. However, I knew, for myself, that a furloughed pilot should get credit for the time he actually did fly for the company.
All along I felt that many CAL pilots were going to be disappointed with the result. I kept an open mind about what I personally considered fair to a guy who worked the same amount of time as myself but happened to be furloughed. I'm really OK with the list, at least as it pertains to me and where I sit on it. It would really do me no good to expend any energy on the outcome and getting mad about it. I'd rather continue going to work being in a good mood than p***ed off at the world and miserable.