Originally Posted by
PurpleTurtle
The legitimacy of the status quo is a given. There is no disputing the status quo. I suspect that arbitrators will disregard as irrelevant any grumblings about shoulda-coulda-woulda.
P.s. West pilots were furloughed and had to go to the bottom of the East list if they accepted a job on the East during their furlough. Yes, that is a clue about the status quo. (The MOU and the Protocol Agreement are explicit about the status quo.)
That was true initially, then in June 2013 USAPA filed a grievance to move the new hire west furloughed pilots up the east list with their west date of hire. So now you have a west pilot on the east list flying 330s and are block holding pilots on the small bus. While their brother and sisters on the west are 100 pilots from the bottom of their list, flying weekends and holidays. They are around 80% on the east list and about 97% on the west list. If we merge the 3 lists on a percentage basis how can they go in front of the west pilots who were initially senior to them? any help with that question? Thanks