Pure Entertainment. My SLI SWAG.
#101
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2008
Position: 787 Captain
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Not sure why so many people are hung up with a 99 hire matching up with a 05-07 hire. (on SLI list) This happens all the time in our industry! If the merger never happened and UAL started to hire again, guess what, 99 hires would have been next to 13 hires!!!(on there OWN list!) I know guys will get on here and say UAL was getting ready for merger! Until they can publish some documentation on that it's all just hearsay!! Is it more of a 99 UAL next to a 07 CAL the REAL problem? Just saying!
#102
Not sure why so many people are hung up with a 99 hire matching up with a 05-07 hire.
And there is no rationalizing around that one. No matter which way you twist it. The proposal that offers this inequity is wrong on a fundamental level.
#103
Not sure why so many people are hung up with a 99 hire matching up with a 05-07 hire. (on SLI list) This happens all the time in our industry! If the merger never happened and UAL started to hire again, guess what, 99 hires would have been next to 13 hires!!!(on there OWN list!) I know guys will get on here and say UAL was getting ready for merger! Until they can publish some documentation on that it's all just hearsay!! Is it more of a 99 UAL next to a 07 CAL the REAL problem? Just saying!
An '07 hire had 3 years of longevity on the merger date, a '99 hire close to 11. Almost 4 times as much longevity.
#104
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2012
Posts: 341
Ok, after reading my post I need to clarify my point!! I was not referring to the Proposed CAL SLI list that was published last week. I was just trying to say longevity for seniority purposes is rarely ever given to furloughed pilots! I can say from experience as a CAL 92 hire/94 furlough all that I keep was pass travel seniority! Many posts that I have read state they can't believe they are being put next to a 07 CAL hire that just got out of H.S. Many CAL guys hired in the 05-08 were not all young and inexperienced! Just like if merger never happened the new hires at UAL (if they happened this yr) would have been the same type pilot! Now as far as Hoss, AXL, and Lax are concerned I'm not going to say where you belong on the list because it would take to long to explain my reasons. (I believe you probably wouldn'd agree w/some of them anyway.) All I'll say is that our GUT tells us whats right and if its not fair and it favors us we will tell whoever will listen why it's right. My gut told me the list that the CAL mec presented will not look like the Final list. I think all 3 of you guys will end up very close % wise as you are now. And sorry Lax as much as you think "size of the Ship" matters, I just don't think it matters as much as you might want!! (little pun intended!)
#105
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Joined APC: Nov 2012
Posts: 341
There are many Bubbles in every list!! CAL had a big bubble after 98. And UAL has a big Bubble going on right now. After I was hired at Cal in 92 then furloughed in 94 we had a Bubble while I believe UAL was hiring during that period. I didn't claify this above. While I'd love to get credit while you guys were hiring I don't expect it. We were not merged at the time. I know career expectations but, how far back do we go and for what reasons? Lax you want credit for A/C size, what about a CAL guy that says " we did a fulough mitigation ie.-workrules, to keep our pilots, and UAL didn't. (I could be wrong!) We should get credit for that! There are so many other examples I could give but, would take to long! I'm sure there are many that the UAL guys could tell me, thats why I read these posts. Not to change my mind or yours, just to understand all the issues more. The advantage I have is I've flown with several UAL pilots both invol. and vol. furlough. I've enjoyed flying with them and look forward to this being over!! I do hope in the end your GUT tells you the list was done fairly!!
#106
- WB-CP UAL(1557)/CAL(0741) new list numbers 00000 to 02298
- NB-CP UAL(0997)/CAL(1220) new list numbers 02299 to 04515
- WB-FO UAL(2384)/CAL(1250) new list numbers 04516 to 08149
- NB-FO UAL(1178)/CAL(1181) new list numbers 08150 to 10508
- FL-FO UAL(1447)/CAL(0197) new list numbers 10508 to 12154
- CN-FO UAL(0000)/CAL(0577) new list numbers 12155 to 12731
#107
Banned
Joined APC: Mar 2013
Posts: 536
There are many Bubbles in every list!! CAL had a big bubble after 98. And UAL has a big Bubble going on right now. After I was hired at Cal in 92 then furloughed in 94 we had a Bubble while I believe UAL was hiring during that period. I didn't claify this above. While I'd love to get credit while you guys were hiring I don't expect it. We were not merged at the time. I know career expectations but, how far back do we go and for what reasons? Lax you want credit for A/C size, what about a CAL guy that says " we did a fulough mitigation ie.-workrules, to keep our pilots, and UAL didn't. (I could be wrong!) We should get credit for that! There are so many other examples I could give but, would take to long! I'm sure there are many that the UAL guys could tell me, thats why I read these posts. Not to change my mind or yours, just to understand all the issues more. The advantage I have is I've flown with several UAL pilots both invol. and vol. furlough. I've enjoyed flying with them and look forward to this being over!! I do hope in the end your GUT tells you the list was done fairly!!
#108
Don't say Guppy
Joined APC: Dec 2010
Position: Guppy driver
Posts: 1,926
Sunvox;
A few months ago I was laid up as well and ran a couple of SWAGs, best and worst case for each side. Your numbers are a bit more exact since we have more info now, but my results were almost exactly as your own. Hopefully the final list will fall somewhere in between your two SWAGs and we can all live with it.
UAL hired a MASSIVE number of pilots between the beginning of 95 and 9/11. The most senior of these have been able to hold 756 Captain. The most junior have been furloughed twice, yet their DOH is only 6-7 years apart. Unfortunately this does cause some inequalities (on both sides) depending on how the final list is done. There are going to some very unhappy folks in the bottom 25%
UCH has shrank every year since the merger date. This year we are scheduled to drop between .7 and 1.7% RASM. The final numbers might be worse due to the Lithium Liner debacle.
Post merger, ALL of l-CAL's grows has been as a result of shrinking l-UAL. The really junior folks at l-CAL that were looking at quick Captain upgrades are going to be really dissappointed I think, and those that are holding that position are going to be at the bottom of their base for a 5-10 years unless they bid off.
A few months ago I was laid up as well and ran a couple of SWAGs, best and worst case for each side. Your numbers are a bit more exact since we have more info now, but my results were almost exactly as your own. Hopefully the final list will fall somewhere in between your two SWAGs and we can all live with it.
UAL hired a MASSIVE number of pilots between the beginning of 95 and 9/11. The most senior of these have been able to hold 756 Captain. The most junior have been furloughed twice, yet their DOH is only 6-7 years apart. Unfortunately this does cause some inequalities (on both sides) depending on how the final list is done. There are going to some very unhappy folks in the bottom 25%
UCH has shrank every year since the merger date. This year we are scheduled to drop between .7 and 1.7% RASM. The final numbers might be worse due to the Lithium Liner debacle.
Post merger, ALL of l-CAL's grows has been as a result of shrinking l-UAL. The really junior folks at l-CAL that were looking at quick Captain upgrades are going to be really dissappointed I think, and those that are holding that position are going to be at the bottom of their base for a 5-10 years unless they bid off.
#109
Sunvox;
A few months ago I was laid up as well and ran a couple of SWAGs, best and worst case for each side. Your numbers are a bit more exact since we have more info now, but my results were almost exactly as your own. Hopefully the final list will fall somewhere in between your two SWAGs and we can all live with it.
A few months ago I was laid up as well and ran a couple of SWAGs, best and worst case for each side. Your numbers are a bit more exact since we have more info now, but my results were almost exactly as your own. Hopefully the final list will fall somewhere in between your two SWAGs and we can all live with it.
Thanks for the calm, cool, and collected discussion!
I assume from your position listing on APC that you are l-CAL, and if that's true then your honest thoughts are even more appreciated.
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