Originally Posted by
JMD16
I am near the top of the list and there have been no letters or calls.
Since you are on a voluntary furlough, would that play a part? Obviously this is academic at this point since it is clearly an incorrect rumor that anyone has been contacted. That leads to another question, I assume other UA guys are on a voluntary furlough so are they contacted in seniority order for any vacancies or is it the involuntary guys only?
Originally Posted by
EWRflyr
And I wouldn't expect there to be any letters or calls to United pilots until Continental manpower planning finishes the bid, awards the positions, contacts our furloughees to see if they are coming back, and then determines how many positions they have left to fill.
As I said before, just running the combined numbers from this bid and the last bid, IF all our furloughed pilots return, that will leave unfilled vacancies after this bid is awarded. According to those pesky "rumors" again, the company expects only about 70-80 of our furloughed pilots to return (have always questioned why they know this or how they come up with this number, esp. in this economy). If that is true, then there could be more opportunities for more of our furloughed United brothers and sisters.
Even if every one of our guys returns that still means at a minimum 12 UAL guys should be extended the chance to return to work at CAL. 15 vacancies in May, 145 now is 160 total with 148 furloughed. At a minimum the top 12 UA guys on furlough have (or should have) the chance at a training date.