Originally Posted by
SpecialTracking
Fairness sham? I would say that "most" of us from a 2010 standpoint didn't win or lose anything. We simply dodged the CAL merger bullet. For that reason i'm quite pleased with our merger committee and how they conducted themselves.
Your standpoint "perception" starts with a list "percentage" that includes 1437 pilots without a job, and assumes that any growth post Dec 2010 should have been distributed as if there was a JCBA AND A ISL. The plain fact is that prior to the merger policy change, everyone of the 1437 positions most likely would have gone after all active CAL pilots, and very likely behind every CAL pilot (based on past precedents), there by altering the fairness perception instantly by 15ish%. And the growth post Dec 10 was not accomplished in a vacuum ... the new UCH made decisions based upon the legacy contracts in place at MCD ... by JCBA effective date, the LCAL contract resulted in about 500 more pilot jobs, while yours delivered none ... another 10ish% skew to the 2010 relative snapshot. So contrary to the popular blue side mantra, there was an immediate swing of up to 25ish% in relative seniority when the reference point is pre merger policy change precedents and pre-JCBA contracts. I'd be quite happy in your shoes too.
Originally Posted by
SpecialTracking
So you don't support your fellow association members? Remember that when you are flying the line. If you are ever in need of support, I think you'll find all you need in the flight office.
You guys remind me of an old Braniff pilot who scabbed at United. He said he couldn't wait to scab an ALPA carrier to exact revenge on the perceived injustices carried out against him at Braniff by ALPA. In end, who do you think he really posed the most danger to , ALPA or the pilots of United?
Maybe you misunderstood me ... I am a ALPA MIGS, and I wear my ALPA pin, in part, so that the company knows that I am an ALPA member in good standing. If a decert of ALPA and starting over from scratch is equivalent to "exacting revenge", then yes, I am guilty. I really don't see a way forward in unity any other way.