Originally Posted by
jsled
ALPA merger policy states: A. preserve jobs B. No windfalls C. Maintain same or better pay D. Maintain same or better status E. Preserve career expectations. No mention of "date of hire" anywhere in the policy.
I have said all along that all the furloughed guys should be placed behind the most junior AWA guy. After all, furloughed = furloughed. I am glad that the ALPA policy worked as advertised.
How is that fair? It is a total windfall for the junior AWA guys. My friend there has was an active pilot for USAir for 14 years, furloughed for the last 4. He has 18 years with USAir! If and when he goes back he will be junior to a AWA relative new hire! My 45 year old friend will have to listen to some 30 year old AWA guy tell him he is too fast at the marker! Considering it is the USAir guys who retire in great numbers for the next few years (500/yr), he should go back to some kind of ratio when recalled. That makes sense.