Originally Posted by
Sunvox
There were more than 300 pilots holding awards from system bid 1402 and 1402A that had not yet begun training on the date the ISL became effective. Those pilots should not have gone to training after October 1st, but the company deemed the cost of not training them and rebidding the vacancies to be too great and proceeded to train them anyways in violation of the award. There is no doubt the arbitrators will find the company in violation, but given recent history I think it is safe to assume there will be no penalty for failing to abide by the contract other than a slap on the wrist. As was the case with the profit sharing the company is violating our contracts in a manner that favors one group over another and creating dissension in the rank and file. This is classic anti-labor behavior designed to weaken the union in the long run. Unfortunately for L-UAL pilots this impacts them very negatively. I for one would have taken a bid to the 777 in Newark. There have been many L-CAL pilots trained to EWR 777 since December. All were recipients of awards from 1402A or 1402 and all that training was a direct violation of the award.
I would dispute the number of pilots that had been advanced post sli. Regardless, the company did not send any of them to training based on their 14-02 award. Their 14-02 award was removed. At that point, the company complied with the Sfo mou. That mou states that those pilots will have displacement rights. The untrained pilots from. 14-02 participated in a displacement bid. Some of the were senior to staffed BES 737 Captains and bid accordingly. Some were senior to 777 fo's and bid accordingly. The majority bid into 756 FO, 737 FO, and 787 FO seats. There were many pilots who did not have a junior pilot staffed in their 14-02 awarded bes and were not able to displace into those seats. All of this was agreed to by both mec's via the Sfo MOU. All of it also complies with the terms and conditions of the ISL.