Originally Posted by
oldmako
Congratulations. You and svergin have been able to enjoy a somewhat charmed life here at UA.
I've been bumped, quite "against my will" on three different occasions here at UA. And all three times I ended up on reserve during a period when no other bids were available because the airline was shrinking. When you get bumped and shrinkage puts you on bottom, there's nowhere else to go. On top of that, on two other occasions (as a new hire and then again when returning from furlough) I had but one option, either enjoy my time on reserve, or not fly for United. I took the only obvious choice that I had. My experience is not unique.
Five glorious forced surpluses for me. I never got furloughed but I got close and spent a long time in the bottom of the list. There are certain seniority groups at this airline who got to eat some major manure sandwiches for a good amount of time. And apparently some people didn't realize what was going on with the unwashed masses below them.