Originally Posted by
dailyops
Unfortunately this is the mindset of many pilots here at United. Anytime someone on here or other forums points out how much worse our reserve/scheduling/bidding rules are compared to even most regionals, a dozen people come out and say "they're hiring!". They completely miss the point that QOL needs to improve, and would rather just have $5/hr more with no other changes to the contract since it doesn't affect them.
All the contracts build off each other. After UAL got 1hr pay above guarantee for unused SC's, DALPA was able to get 1hr credit towards guarantee on the last contract and now on this new TA get pay above guarantee. Not sure that provision would be there today if not for UAL getting it first.