Originally Posted by
Mitch Rapp05
Ha! Fair and equitable? Yeah right! I'm sure the LUAL pilot that was 99% system wide in 2010 that was merged in with LCAL pilots that were 70% system wide in 2010 thought the SLI was fair and equitable! You have pilots that were barely holding RSV Airbus in the most junior LUAL base back in 2010 that are now senior line holders in all bases!!!
There were over 600 plus pilots that were unemployed (from LUAL) placed in front of active LCAL pilots! Not only did this screw the bottom third LCAL pilots, it also skewed a huge portion of the overall award for the LUAL side. LUAL brought 7400 pilots to the merger but only 6000 jobs! You guys threw a hissy fit over the CAL proposal that placed furloughed CAL pilots ahead of active UAL pilots. Yet, it's all of a sudden fair and equitable when the roles are reversed???
Let's stop the nonsense. This list was no where near fair and equitable.
No. The CAL proposal put furloughed CAL pilots ahead of pilots that were Captains on the Merger date, hired in 1996, and some of which had been Captains for 11 years.
Those furloughed pilots got credit for their longevity, which is why they were placed where they were. Longevity is part of merger policy and it has to be used as a factor.
Also the myth that the furloughed pilots somehow pushed the other pilots up the list isn't correct. There could have been 5,000 pilots on furlough, the status and category of the active pilots plus the longevity of the active pilots would have been the same. There would just be more pilots spread out at the bottom.