Originally Posted by A320fumes

3 reasons. 1) Because my vice and I thought this resolution should come from the council. 2) we hadn't had time to speak to the ALPA Nat'l Attorney's since we were in session @ORD. 3) Politically, there was no way to get anything done as the MEC was in session and dealing with the recall of Captain Heppner that week...But I know the cheap shot you suggest. I've already volunteered to be displaced, should that be necessary.

To your first point, I'll let you speak to an IAH PI on that one. But briefly, All IAH 756 Instructors were told that their services were no longer needed and were displaced. Then after those guys recall rights were expired, the company changed their minds and offered 25 756 PI positions at IAH TK. They hired 25, 24 lUal + 1lCal. They subsequently fired the 1 lCal guy about a month later. Also noteworthy was the lCal displacement letters informed the displaced guys that they could use their bump to the 747 because of the fence. In the latest round of 787 PI vacancies, the company's position was that lUal guys could not bid 787 PI because of the fence. After MEC level complaints, the company removed the the fence restriction. In the company's defense, they only hired lCal guys for those positions.

Now I know you'll counter that they hired the lUal guys because they're obviously more qualified. But the truth is that the guys hired ended up training guys on the 764 (an oddball aircraft that really should be it's own BES), an airplane that none of them had ever flown. Then you say, "they're obviously still more qualified than the IAH guys who had been displaced". In no way do I suggest that the PI's hired were not qualified.

In short, we've already seen this move in IAH. I fully expect B-737 CA vacancies in IAH, after the grandfather rights expire. They'll probably wait at least 6 months to announce IAH 737 CA vacancies.

-Ben