Originally Posted by
gettinbumped
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??
Then we agree. MOU 14 was a mistake. It gave the company relief for the benefit of a few. It is not semantics. I do not believe the part about the 737-500 being separate as they were already a single base at LCAL, we still use the LCAL certificate. It is still a single fleet at SWA. BTW the base name is 737 not 737ng as it is at Delta.
At any rate it does not matter in the UPA if the base was previously open or not. Section 8-H is all that was needed and a special few were given a special deal. Now a lot of people are gonna be wronged if they don't get it too.