Originally Posted by
AxlF16
Can you define concession for me? What if my definition is different?
When you got hired at UAL did you realize that we had a seniority based system? IF UAL decides to furlough pilots they will come from the bottom of this list. The fault for the furlough will NEVER lay with another pilot (or block of pilots). Look, I'm on board with considering options to mitigate or eliminate furloughs, but the idea that I OWE you that is wrong. This attitude is not helping your cause.
I don’t think most junior people feel they are owed anything. I honestly think that’s your preconceived notion about what someone’s beliefs are … But I think the idea that junior pilots are furlough fodder for bad Times is not an idea I would like to take as a core UAL ALPA belief going forward. I would rather have provisions à la FedEx that allow for some reduction in MPG for unforecast events. And plan my finances accordingly for the events we will inevitable hit every 10 years or so. I’m okay if my earning potential is less because of this. I would rather fly with junior FOs knowing we as UAL pilots do our best to take care of those junior pilots who take a huge chance coming here in their 40s.
we have legal teams our dues pay a lot of money for to look at how the language could be crafted, and even then I would have to read it for myself. But as stated many times, as a junior captain not holding a furlough letter, I for one would consider a (Hypothetical) TA that effectively delivers me a 66% paycut (NB CA to 50% NB FO) If it kept people off the street