Originally Posted by horrido27

Poss..
I TOTALLY get that the way the displacement bid process is designed, it is very costly and time consuming to the company.. but also to the pilot group. Hell, look at all the Threads and discussions going on about it. And I would bet the union and specifically the Reps are inundated with email, text and calls.
I get that it.

As far as SRL's and the company 'assigning' them. Yes, it may be a slippery slope. But I would like you to answer this-
Why is it in the contract?

Furloughing ANY pilot should be the last resort...
In Between, we have the displacement process and we have SRL's which have since be modified into ESRL's (which is more or a slippery slope than 20-Q-8, in my opinion)

Of course SK and management want concessions. Who wouldn't?!
I agree that "concessions" should be off the table. But I would argue that giving pilots 60 hrs of pay per month for 4 months and then no pay for the 5th month was a concession right there.
There were already two options to choose from-
Reserve with min guarantee of 73 hrs or
SRL's with 50 hrs.

Why wasn't the offer - 5 months off with 50hrs and we'll know more in Oct?
These are good discussions to have.. cause at some point, we (line pilots) will probably have some sort of offer from the company to the union with regards to an Early Retirement Program and also some sort of furlough mitigation plan.
I can not speak about Legacy United.. but we did have these discussions at Continental before our Furlough and while the big one was voted down (Giving up JV rights..) we did come up with that job sharing program.

Anyways..
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