Originally Posted by
sleeves
So the "guppy" base in IAD is not new according to your definition. Didn't you have one there before the merger? Closing a base is closing a base. Opening a category is the same. The amount of time it is closed before it is reopened is irrelevant. It was a special deal given to a special few and was wrong. Now everyone wants and deserves the same.
Come on sleeves. This is a reach and you must know it. But since you seem to enjoy semantics, I'll play the game. No there wasn't a 737NG base in DCA. There was a 737 Classic base. One of the reasons that the 737-500's aren't coming back from Russia is that the Fed's were going to make us operate them as a separate fleet. So the rumor goes.
Sound dumb? I agree.
The MOU 14 was a mistake by our union in my opinion. Gave the company relief on a mistake that they made which should hvae cost them dearly. Luckily the domiciles that have seen regular bumps haven't tried to expand that mistake..... until now.
Think of it this way. I think we can all agree that UCH doesn't do anything outside of Section 6 just to be nice to the pilots. So if it's not a win for them, why would they be willing to accept it??