Originally Posted by
Dorn
The part that is tripping me up is how exactly a senior pilot (anyone who is far from furlough range) can get UNA category. The whole idea is essentially to set aside the “ soon to be furloughed” group out of the way while also acting as a buffer in case they need to call up a few. How is putting a senior CA into the mix actually work? And not that it matters much to me, I’m an early 2017 hire so I’m most likely a UNA regardless of how I bid, just curious how the gears of this apparatus works.
The ONLY way I see the company putting a senior pilot in UNA is if that pilot will retire in a few months, say by the end of the year, AND said pilot does not have enough MD bids in. Here is what the Contract says about a pilot with insufficient MD bids in:
"A pilot whose standing bid does not contain sufficient MD preferences as of the closing date and time of the posting and is displaced will be assigned the next lower position at his base. If such pilot lacks sufficient seniority to hold a lower position at his base, he will, at Company option, be assigned into any position at another base that his seniority would permit him to hold."
Now the big question is, with the above contract parameters, is a UNA position in base considered a lower position at the pilots base to be awarded before any position at another base?
Denny