Originally Posted by LAX Pilot

And it worked. Plus since we are hiring new pilots (Over 200 to date) they are all going to be furloughed first, so by the time the next downturn happens and they furlough 1,000 pilots, its likely no LUAL pilot will get furloughed.

I think they just looked at the growth and the number of retirements and made a smart decision to give up something that wasn't likely to have any real effect on the UAL pilots.

And for those pilots it paid off big time.

Also, think of it this way....

If those UAL pilots had been stapled THEY HAVE BEEN FURLOUGHED FIRST ANYWAY.

So They didn't give up ANYTHING. They just got integrated fairly.