Originally Posted by
John Carr
J4J was a SPECIFIC agreement with USAir it's feeders. NOT UAL.
Perhaps not literally, but absolutely figuratively.
(See below.)
Originally Posted by
John Carr
UAL/UAX was simply an agreement that the UAX carriers would hire furloughed UAL pilots into the jet equipment, with UALPA picking up the difference between year 1 and year 2 pay for the pilot's first year on property.
Technically correct. The UAX carriers did not
have to "hire" furloughed UAL pilots...unless they wanted the 70 seat contracts. But the jobs were a pre-condition for the additional flying.
Guess what? They UAX carriers the contracts. (Go figure.)
Originally Posted by
John Carr
And IIRC, there wasnt any "push back" or whatever else. That probably holds as much urban legend street cred as the infamous "guppy killer" sticker EVERYONE has claimed to have seen
There
were some pretty crazy "interviews" early on (one example: GoJets), but the fires were put out reasonably quickly with the full weight of UAL applied once ALPA became involved.
p.s.