Originally Posted by
flybynuts
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Help me a little becuase I am confused and new to this stuff. I heard that we cannot merge if we have furloughs and I have also hears that we "junior" guys were furlough protected for at least 2 years after a merger. I was under the impression that United would have been cut and not us.
Can't help out much in that regard. But having been thrown to the wolves by ALPA several times, I don't think they'd side with us vs. United on any deal like that. United pays significantly more dues than we, ALPA's main concern, and would certainly take litigation that the aforementioned would violate ALPA merger policy. And United is very "united", whereas most of our senior guys, pre-Bethune, have historically thrown each other under the bus for some time now. They wouldn't hesitate for a moment to sacrifice their young, you and I. In short, don't look for any new-hire consideration, protection or representation from our pilot group. If a merger occurs @ CAL, the bottom 1,500 guys are going to have to get some representation. We have the numbers. Just IMHO.