Originally Posted by
Pineapple Guy
I'd LOVE to know the history behind permanent recall rights. Dinner and all the beer you can drink bets it was Red Book guys so they could virtually forever hang on to those coveted super premium whale slots; regardless of where the equipment moved. That the Green Book guys bought into that is surprising to me, but maybe I'm missing something.
Carl??? How about a little history lesson here. If seniority is everything, why have ANY reinstatement rights whereby a junior pilot takes a slot that a senior pilot wants....
You have to remember that the "junior" guy got the position in the first place because the "senior" guy didn't bid it. It wasn't about senioity, it was bid what you want. Of course the fences came into play but that was out of the control of the pilot group at that time. It is true that once the fences came down, the recall rights prevented come "green book" guy's from getting on an airplane till all the displaced guy's were recalled. We all were just playing by the rules the Robert's award provided. Just like we are all playing by the rules of the SLI