TonyC

What ALPA can do, in fact is obligated to do, is defend the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and protect our profession. We have a long-established practice, in fact a well-documented precedent, of only including on the Federal Express Pilots' Master Seniority List those PILOTS who are selected and hired after applying for employment as PILOTS. We have never given a seniority number to a NON-PILOT, which, according to the CBA definition of PILOT, our VP of Flight Operations was not.

(CBA§2.106. PILOT A Captain, First Officer or Second Officer covered by this Agreement, employed by the Company, and whose name appears on the Master Seniority List.)



Good question, and I don't know the answer. I'm not sure the answer is relevant, but I'm still interested in knowing. Maybe someone who surrendered a seniority number from another carrier in order to be hired as a pilot and receive a seniority number here can chime in with that information.

I don't know the details of the UPS Pilots' CBA, but I know that OUR CBA (§1.B.3.) prohibits non-seniority number holders from operating revenue flights.






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