Originally Posted by
757Driver
Again, lots of misdirected anger and some lack of gratitude on this one. The CAL MEC did the right thing when they didn't really have to and I sometimes wonder how the UAL MEC would have responded given the same circumstances in reverse? How and why you were treated by a few after the RECALL was unfortunate but plenty of us were very pleased to see you back on property and gainfully employed.
To this day I've never heard one recalled UAL furloughee give one iota of thanks to the group that actually got you back to work but after reading the responses on here, I'm not surprised.
Why would they?
The entire thing was covered by the TPA that both sides and the company signed as a
result of the merger. All the "hiring" (cough) occurred after it was all ONE company.
It would have been totally different circumstances if LCAL was generously "hiring" UAL pilots absent a merger, but it wasn't. Foot stomper: the merger occurred in 2010, not 2013, so it was
LCAL and
LUAL, and not CAL and UAL, for a reason.
FWIW, LUAL was also required to do the same as it was a two-way street to mitigate company whipsawing and provide a temporary process until the
internal integration was complete.
So yes, we do know what LUAL would do under the circumstances.