take the petty jump seat and regional bickering to another thread.

I did email the compensation and grievance people and I personally called to say thank you.

It was more than just contract "interpretation." I can say that on the CAL side, for as long as I have been a pilot there the pay role system was onerous on purpose. The lack of transparency was done so by Debbie McCoy and Fred Abbot.

Over the years I would record my phone conversations with CAL payrole and on more than one occasion the pay clerk was quoting a memo by Abbot on why they did it this way, or that way. I asked for a copy of the memo and memos. Shortly after that, I would get a call from an ACP telling me to leave it alone.

After the merger I noticed a shift in transparency. Just a shift. More and more L-UAL folks were asking the same questions. However, the force multiplier was ALPA. Sure, CAL was ALPA, but it lacked leverage to drive results.

I noticed that the L-UAL ALPA folks took this from the JV level to the varsity level in terms of contract enforcement. The maturity, professionalism, and dogged-tenacity were simply no match for management.

The whole thing was a cluster-F. I knew the company owed me about 2 grand. I did some VDO flying. I was re-buffed at every level by pay role and CPO. I lost track of how many ground-pounders I had disagreeable words with. They treated me like it was "their money." Nice to be treated now like it was my money, and in reality, the pilot group's money.