Originally Posted by
Gone Flying
for 2 reasons
1 DL only placed WO pilots ahead of us, this deal would place 4 airlines pilots and their dispachers ahead of us. 2 of those airlines UA has 0 ownership in, they just could not keep their AA contract (i actually think commutair and XJT pilots should have higher priority)
2 This one is the most important: UA added a "united authorized personnel" above OO pilots. that is completely, utterly, and unbelievably not industry standard. to add insult to injury UALPA will not give us a clear definition of who that is. they could add every UA pilot to that list by this agreement
In United's FOM there is a jumpseat priority table for United flights. It goes into specific detail about United authorized personnel and the conditions for which they are allowed. I can say with certainty they are NOT talking about "every UA pilot". In fact, they aren't pilots at all. In some cases they are read as personnel authorized by United who don't work for United.