Originally Posted by Pilotdude3407

You are way overthinking this. 21.R is a contract provision. It can be interpreted. UAL and UAL MEC have decided to interpret it to encompass those carriers that will more than likely end up in the situation directly spoken to by this language. It is their right to do so, as it is the contract between their pilots and their management. Their MEC has worked out an agreement with their management to allow us to use this provision. The wording on airline apps or in the contract is irrelevant as far as we are concerned. UAL MEC gave us permission to check the box...period. Nobody in their MEC made this up. Their reputations and credibility with their company would be at stake too. It would hurt them far more than us.

United is not going to pull your app, score additional points on it because you selected the box, send out an interview request just to bring you in and ask why you selected the box. They know we aren't out of business. Believe me, they know exactly who is allowed to check that box. There are only a small number of ALPA carriers that have truly gone out of business and would qualify for that. If they see all 575 AWAC pilots select the box and they don't know why, believe me, they will find out and fix it. They aren't going to "blacklist" you for it. Again, your MEC told you to check the box. Either check the box or don't.