[QUOTE=captainv;974951]By blaming JC Lawson, you give him too much credit. It was company policy that new hires resign their seniority. Management chose not to change it and would never have considered it unless we opened up the contract and gave something up.

However, JC saw an opportunity and chose to exploit it, seeking more scope relief or a flow-through or whatever. When he was rebuffed, he chose to write the letter and twist the knife a bit more, when he could've simply written a letter of support, even though he was powerless to change it.

There's plenty to loathe about JC, especially his stance on this issue, but never forget it was management that ultimately decided not to help the DAL furloughs. Many of us line pilots vehemently disagreed.[/QUOT



CaptainV,

First off - I agree with almost everything you post above, which appears to make the then COMAIR MEC policy look even more foolish.

Assuming what you say above is 100% true then it seems to make even less sense that the COMAIR MEC did not go out of their way to help the furloughed DAL Pilots. Perhaps something like this:

"We, the MEC of COMAIR fully support the hiring of DAL Pilots with their DAL seniority numbers."

If it was COMAIR, and by default DAL policy, then JC and the MEC had nothing to lose by supporting the DAL Pilots- Why not make a statement in support of the DAL Pilots? Who by the way ponied up $$$ in support of the COMAIR Pilots during the strike and ensured there was no struck work flown by mainline.

But you are right, JC and the MEC choose to exploit it instead of supporting the DAL Pilots, which by the way ASA, also wholly owned, managed to do quite well.

Bottom Line:

ASA MEC and Pilots supported furloughed DAL pilots.

COMAIR MEC and Pilots - tried to take advantage of DAL Pilots for their own gain.

Scoop