"Lie Flat" Seats
#131
#132
I think you're missing my point. I said ALPA had the NO retroactivity clause put into the bill. Had the word "active" not been inserted into the law...Already RETIRED pilots, under 65, would have had the right to come back with their seniority.
Yes, FDXALPA lobbied to have our over 60 FE's included, when ALPA had the "ACTIVE" clause inserted into the bill. But, without that clause, 1000's of already retired pilots would have returned. ALPA was a defendant in many lawsuits concerning just that.
Yes, FDXALPA lobbied to have our over 60 FE's included, when ALPA had the "ACTIVE" clause inserted into the bill. But, without that clause, 1000's of already retired pilots would have returned. ALPA was a defendant in many lawsuits concerning just that.
#133
It seems that Tony is peeved that the company has to follow the law (which they have to do regardless of what our CBA says) and change the "normal" retirement age to 62, even though they are promising to make it cost neutral to anybody who retires in the normal fashion (starts their benefits right away).
Yet he worships the d-nozzles at ALPA and our own DW who gleefully brought us the change to age 65, and cost many of us thousands of dollars in potential earnings due to stagnation.
Puzzling.
Something to ponder while riding in a lie flat seat.
Yet he worships the d-nozzles at ALPA and our own DW who gleefully brought us the change to age 65, and cost many of us thousands of dollars in potential earnings due to stagnation.
Puzzling.
Something to ponder while riding in a lie flat seat.
#134
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I feel like no matter how old I get, I'm going to be junior forever. I'm always going to struggle to get Christmas off, always going to spend my life trip trading. The age 65 change screwed so many of us.
I feel like no matter how old I get, I'm going to be junior forever. I'm always going to struggle to get Christmas off, always going to spend my life trip trading. The age 65 change screwed so many of us.
#135
[QUOTE=HIFLYR;2027699]
Hopefully attached are pics (I couldn't get both cabins in one screenshot) of a UAL 747 First Class and Business Class cabin. My seat is "1" in First (bottom link). I've traveled in Business and it's no comparison. I'm tall and the business seats are barely wider (3") than coach. I was on the isle and thought I was OK but the man next to me had to get up at least 4-5 times and he wouldn't climb over so I had to bring my seat to full upright and get out into the isle so he could go to the bathroom. How much sleep do you think I got? I gave up and watched movies until I was stupid tired.
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...ps2bkxzhtk.png
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...ps6n4yo1wz.png
Mine was before the change. The new would be the discounted business as sky said in the earlier post.
This has been mentioned twice but UAL has lie flat business class seats that are god awful on their HKG-USA flights.
It's 2 X by 4 X by 2 X and it's 13 hours and it's awful. It's literally like sitting in coach. There's no "pods" at all (that's for UAL global first which we now aren't eligible for under this contract). You have people climbing over you or you're climbing over someone else. Your elbos are actually touching the persons next to you; the arm rests are just like coach.
I've been on it. Good luck deviating as well with a 2700 dollar bank on that leg. This is the new "go to" flight for global travel getting crews to/from HKG. Their MBO points are rolling in!
Thanks "lie flat" in lieu of first....
This has been mentioned twice but UAL has lie flat business class seats that are god awful on their HKG-USA flights.
It's 2 X by 4 X by 2 X and it's 13 hours and it's awful. It's literally like sitting in coach. There's no "pods" at all (that's for UAL global first which we now aren't eligible for under this contract). You have people climbing over you or you're climbing over someone else. Your elbos are actually touching the persons next to you; the arm rests are just like coach.
I've been on it. Good luck deviating as well with a 2700 dollar bank on that leg. This is the new "go to" flight for global travel getting crews to/from HKG. Their MBO points are rolling in!
Thanks "lie flat" in lieu of first....
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...ps2bkxzhtk.png
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...ps6n4yo1wz.png
#137
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Next TA we need to put in for this...
New Airliner Seat is All Window
http://www.weather.com/news/trending...l-editor-picks
New Airliner Seat is All Window
http://www.weather.com/news/trending...l-editor-picks
#138
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I do not believe that for a second! The original bill said you had to be less than 60 at DOS and still employed at your carrier for you to be able to go to 65, there was no retro-activity. I am talking about the original bill before ALPA lobbied to have the language changed.
I'm sorry to keep hammering at this...But, I think it's an important point concerning how the final language of the law came about. We(including me) all biatch about our FE's being allowed to come back to the front seat...But, it would have been much worse for those of us still active, without ALPAs input.
From this article, pilots-file-with-supreme-court-in-age-discrimination-case, by a lawyer that took a case to the Supreme Court. (The "senior pilots", he refers to were already RETIRED):
"Members thought that they had corrected the problem with the enactment of FTEPA, but many members did not know that Oberstar had inserted the provision drafted by ALPA. That provision said that senior pilots could return to work but could not claim any of their accrued benefits, seniority, or status. Due to the way that this industry is structured, that poison pill provision was an effective bar on employment. Even if hired in their sixties, these pilots would have to go to the end of the line — behind ALPA members. Many were left without health insurance or income to support their families.
The ALPA provision states:
The Fairness for Experienced Pilots Act 49 U.S.C. § 44729(e)(1):
1) NONRETROACTIVITY- No person who has attained 60 years of age before the date of enactment of this section may serve as a pilot for an air carrier engaged in covered operations unless–
(A) such person is in the employment of that air carrier in such operations on such date of enactment as a required flight deck crew member; or
(B) such person is newly hired by an air carrier as a pilot on or after such date of enactment without credit for prior seniority or prior longevity for benefits or other terms related to length of service prior to the date of rehire under any labor agreement or employment policies of the air carrier.
ALPA openly admitted that it drafted the provision and had Oberstar (right) insert the provision to strip the senior pilots of their ability to return to work with their earned benefits and status.
So, what I'm trying to get at here, is that yes, ALPA's provision allowed our active, under age 65, FE's back to the front seat. But, more importantly, ALPA's provision kept all the under age 65 retired guys from also coming back.
Last edited by Busboy; 12-17-2015 at 06:16 PM.
#139
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Hopefully attached are pics (I couldn't get both cabins in one screenshot) of a UAL 747 First Class and Business Class cabin. My seat is "1" in First (bottom link). I've traveled in Business and it's no comparison. I'm tall and the business seats are barely wider (3") than coach. I was on the isle and thought I was OK but the man next to me had to get up at least 4-5 times and he wouldn't climb over so I had to bring my seat to full upright and get out into the isle so he could go to the bathroom. How much sleep do you think I got? I gave up and watched movies until I was stupid tired.
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...ps2bkxzhtk.png
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...ps6n4yo1wz.png
#140
[QUOTE=Rock;2030029]While this may be true at UAL and DL, AA is sticking with a three class cabin on their 777-300s. They only have 20 (maybe not all delivered, yet) so with 8 seats per jet, we're only talking about 160 true FC seats in the U.S. airlines. But, since business on those jets lays flat too, we won't see them anyway.
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