Originally Posted by
757Driver
This is an easy one to answer.
CAL, 50 seat scope = 147 furloughees.
UAL, 70 seat scope = 1500 furloughees.
Yes it does matter.
CAL 4,804 Total Pilots
UAL 7,733 Total Pilots
Yes, it does matter, but that isn't the only reason. To assume it is would be a major mistake. Beware of "easy answers".
Originally Posted by
PSACFI
What I would like to see is the 70+ seat fleet capped where it is at and then a deal worked out where 100 seaters go to mainline. Even that though would be hard to pull off.
Best of luck to CAL/UAL pilots.
Your points are the most likely to be true. Airline managers at American, Southwest, Airtran and other competitors are hoping the CAL/UAL pilots hold firm to the idea of turning back the clock to 1978.