Originally Posted by
SEDPA
Parden me, but if the flying you ascribe to above was "your flying, your captain's seats" , then why wasn't L-UAL crews doing that flying with L-UAL metal? And don't blow the virtual merger smoke/crap ... Absent the change in merger policy, IF the 3 panel arbs had based the award on the past 20 years of merger/integration precedent, this SLI would have been a straight Cat/Status ratio based on the lists as of MCD .... how any L-UAL guy can't understand this is almost beyond some of the arrogance many on this forum exhibit ... Your group gained at the expense of the L-Cal group, thanks to the change in merger policy ... Your own MC/MEC said it best: "unprecedented".
True unity will not be found until the majority of the L-UAL group accepts the windfall as such, with a measure of gratitude.
No broad brushes, accusations or attempts to characterize over 4000 other pilots.
Can you please explain how the words "windfall", "gratitude" and "gained" can be used in the context of losing almost eight years of seniority to hundreds of younger pilots?
The SLI is a fait acompli, I don't dispute that. Exactly how you were harmed by it?