Originally Posted by
Hisflyer1
For the foreign guys that may be unaware, US Airways is furloughing 175 from the "west" and 125 from the "east". That would leave around 950 on the east that were not on property at the time of the merger, while the west side is furloughing pilots who brought jobs to the merger.
Also of note, it is rumored that the east has upgraded 400 since the merger while the west has upgraded 39. And AWA was the acquiring carrier!
Not that I'd have any first hand knowledge of this of course
Talk about a "windfall" for the east. One foot on the banana peel and the other in the grave and they decertify the union and throw the AWA guys under the bus.
Lots of integrity. And yes, it did start with ALPA National, but has been consummated by USAPA.
That's ten posts I believe... and will check that PM. Cheers.
I don't even know where top begin here because that kind of distorted perception is what has led to such an acrimonious seniority integration process. The East offered to have returning East pilots furloughed out of seniority for a period of one year post integration. The West chose to go down another path. They could have negotiated that to two years if they had wanted. If they had gone down that path then it would be 300 furloughs from the East and none from the West.
As in all these things the West was swinging for the fence without regard to their junior pilots. They left their junior pilots in the lurch and their junior pilots will now suffer as a result.
The East has upgraded more pilots than the West because the East has a far higher attrition rate. An attrition rate that the West wants to steal at the expense of 19+ year East pilots!!!!
The AWA MEC and AWA merger committee have thrown the AWA pilots under the bus. ALPA, in their failure to do anything useful to mediate the situation, has failed the AWA and AAA pilots. That failure has cost ALPA dearly.
....and believe me, the foreign guys are very aware of the AWA/AAA situation because many of us foreign guys are former USAir.
...Oh, and don't bring this kind of tripe here to the foreign section. I've kept this area clean of these arguments and pretty much stay off the majors board as a result of it. Cactus Mike and I have had debates on the major board, but if he asks legit questions here I'll answer/help without any acrimony. We can agree to disagree on some things but he's still a brother pilot and if he ( or you ) want to go to a foreign airline I don't hold a grudge.
Typhoonpilot