Originally Posted by
El10
Without following the agreed terms of LOA 2 in the 2011 CBA an ISL award based on date of hire will potentially reorder the PMPCL list. This is due to fact that for a period of time at PMPCL the company issued date of hire was effective on completion of the initial check ride. These were not scheduled in seniority order and seldom were done that way.
This would be the first time in history that reordering of a PM SL would occur due to a ISL award.
I would hope that was the reason why the three MECs thought about this when they added that language to LOA 2.
Seniority at Pinnacle was done within each class according by age- regardless of who finished first. I was the most junior in my class, finished mid pack (checkride dates), and am still the most junior in my class. Was it screwed up, yes. Is it now fixed, yes. At the time it only impacted our pay (6-8 week delay each year in longevity steps), but since we were all in the same boat it didn't have any effect on seniority. Now it does matter. That's 6-8 weeks for each pilot in the combined group.