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My understanding is United’s scope clause requires any 70+ seat operator for UAX to hire a certain number of united pilots (based on number of 70+ seat jets) if that regional is hiring
I think Jets for jobs was a specific post 9/11 program. UAX scope clause is a different thing
I think Jets for jobs was a specific post 9/11 program. UAX scope clause is a different thing
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More jets may not be on the way, but believe it or not attrition at Skywest is still occurring even with the pandemic making it not likely that those pilots are moving to legacies. Eventually we will need to hire, so if the J4J contract still holds those jobs should be going to furloughed United pilots.
Most of those pilots probably have a CRJ type rating so they can quickly be trained to temporarily fill the remainder of the deuces flying, as lifer regional pilots fly Skywest Heavy.
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Thanks the original question was if J4J is gone and it sounds like it is and replaced with a new agreement.
When things get better we will need our own orange lanyards. No de facto flow down without progression for all!!
When things get better we will need our own orange lanyards. No de facto flow down without progression for all!!
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Jets for jobs is dead and long gone. There is no flow down, just a requirement to offer new hire positions only if there is a deep furlough. The problem with a lanyard type campaign is who you negotiate with. Pilots for a legacy negotiate with the legacy, while pilots for a regional negotiate only with the regional after the legacy pilots have established the boundaries with the parent company. A regional union can’t demand to flow up, and they can’t stop a furlough protection agreement between a legacy union and the respective company. From all of the people that I have flown with who are involved in the hiring process at United, they have all said that the company wants no part of a true flow agreement. They want to pick and choose their own nut jobs, not have them handed to them.
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The Jets were contracted between United and Skywest back in the early 2000s for the promise of jobs in the future should the need arise.
More jets may not be on the way, but believe it or not attrition at Skywest is still occurring even with the pandemic making it not likely that those pilots are moving to legacies. Eventually we will need to hire, so if the J4J contract still holds those jobs should be going to furloughed United pilots.
Most of those pilots probably have a CRJ type rating so they can quickly be trained to temporarily fill the remainder of the deuces flying, as lifer regional pilots fly Skywest Heavy.
More jets may not be on the way, but believe it or not attrition at Skywest is still occurring even with the pandemic making it not likely that those pilots are moving to legacies. Eventually we will need to hire, so if the J4J contract still holds those jobs should be going to furloughed United pilots.
Most of those pilots probably have a CRJ type rating so they can quickly be trained to temporarily fill the remainder of the deuces flying, as lifer regional pilots fly Skywest Heavy.
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