Originally Posted by
dojetdriver
True, but that doesn't change the FACT that the judge didn't "force" the rates on them. It was what the MEC decided to take it down to, not the judge.
This is my first post here, but I got the link from the UAL MEC forum. This issue has me jazzed.
What is your problem? You seem to take some personal offense that United guys are ****ed off at this whole jumpseat deal, and you are trying to prove you understand the United MEC history better than anyone else. Why do you have such a bone to pick with United guys? Still frustrated that Independence didn't work out? Still frustrated that your pilot group voted for a failed business plan, and now you take some special sadism in pointing out other's mistakes?
UEX guys may have a valid grievance with the jumpseat issue if their pilots are being unfairly displaced by a United pilot, but absolute denial of the jumpseat to United guys will only cause greater problems. Almost every flight I have to Europe there's some UEX guy wanting a ride, and I'm happy to offer him a ride out of professional courtesy. But passes to Europe these days are hundreds of dollars, and if this jumpseat BS turns out to be true, no doubt the UEX guy's European vacation will have to be cut short because his first class pass to London will cost him $800 round trip.
If this goes through, I will PERMANENTLY deny every UEX pilot MY jumpseat on every flight. Jumpseating is a professional courtesy, not a political tool. And politics goes both ways.