Originally Posted by
de727ups
"I can't understand how its alright now that furloughed ATA/UAL guys there."
I can.
Any UA guys coming over with the blessing of ALPA are hardly "bottom feeders". They scratched and clawed and paid their dues to reach a legacy and ended up on the street. I'd bet their experience levels are vastly superior to Gojet min hiring standards of the ATP academy sort. Big difference in experience and competence. These guys aren't "bottom feeder" material. Feel free to match your experience level with there's if you're not sure. In the end, they have the blessing of the UA MEC. Maybe you should take your fight to ALPA and leave the personal bashing off the forums.
Well good thing your a "former" moderator now, because now I can tell you that you're wrong on all accounts. Circumventing a collective bargaining agreement is wrong on all fronts regardless of who is doing it. In this case the UA MEC endorsed going to "any" express carrier without much thought to the damage they were doing to their ALPA brothers.
A little a fact about the UA MEC; about 10 years ago, a bunch of reps. from different carriers brought forward a motion for a single seniority list, and the UA MEC was the first to oppose it. Fast forward to today, more specifically late last year, as the MEC started to see their career expectations and possibly their jobs at UA fade, now they decided that a single seniority list would be a great idea, and they brought the motion forward to national. The point of the story is that the UA MEC only cares about the UA MEC, they have proven time and time again to be as effective in fighting for the profession, as Tilton is managing the airline. So for all those guys that took the jobs at UA, whether or not you think is wrong, please know that you helped an alter-ego circumvent an ALPA contract.; but hey, it's your flying right? Good luck.