I wasn't going to respond but you guys are headed in a very wrong direction. First let me say, I said nothing about LCAL other than references to BenS actions and his continued pursuit of a bad resolution. That resolution will have a greater impact on all United pilots going forward.

Just about all LUAL guys know PW. He brokered a deal with Tilton giving away additional scope of more and larger RJ's. He did this without the benefit of member input or being vetted by any of the committees. At the same time, Tilton was parking 737's and putting people on the street. PW currently reside in the halls of shame and we have mud on our face for allowing the guy to get elected.

BenS is trying to do the same thing. He did a backroom deal that would change the 120 day surplus protection to 12 months. Given assurances by the company that if he can get the resolution through the MEC the company would sign off on it.

The "unintended consequence" ( there are good examples of this in prior post ) far exceed any benefit to those being surplussed. This is not a LUAL, LCAL thing it's a United thing. It will give the company a new tool to move pilots around seasonally to cover flying or just to cover their planning mistakes. If you don't think they'll use it to their advantage, you are WRONG.

Hopefully I'm wrong but I do own "I told you so" rights.