Originally Posted by
NightIP
I was one of those hired after the Branded announcement, and with all due respect (I do think you're a good poster overall), you don't have the right to tell me that I don't have a right to great career expectations. Yes it was a risk coming to XJT, but hindsight is always 20/20. I'm a pilot here now, on the XJT seniority list, with every single bit of rights that come along with that. Our contract says that seniority lists will be merged (though I agree with fences and the idea that cross-certificate bidding should be eliminated or limited), and that includes all of us hired post-Branded.
To clarify...you don't have a right to good career expectations at this time, at the expense of other pilots. You have a right to the CAL flying as far as I'm concerned. But I don't think you have a right to displace a single ASA or SKW pilot (even one hired last week) if the branded flying goes away. That's the crux of the issue...any furloughs due to branded should happen before any integration. I think 99.9% of the SKW pilots will hold the line on that. Maybe your alpa brothers at ASA will willingly throw some of their young under the bus and help you out...go to one other their ATL LEC meetings and make a proposal to that effect.
I do think that the XJT should not trade away the branded without guaranteed recall rights (with longevity) into XJT, SKW, or ASA whichever has openings first.