MEC meetings to discuss the ISL?
#103
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Save us the rhetoric about your unity Carol, you hypocrisy is laughable.
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#104
I would very much doubt that most of the L-Ual folks at L-Cal will be bidding their new positions for quite awhile. As much as you might wish it, doing so without a vacancy bid would be a defacto recall to the airline. A recall that would be out of seniority order and that is prohibited by every CBA that I have ever seen. In addition, the pilot(s),who are still on furlough, and senior would certainly have a cause of action against ALPA.
I think that your demand that these guys bid their new positions is way way out in left field.
Although I could be wrong.
I think that your demand that these guys bid their new positions is way way out in left field.
Although I could be wrong.
They have bypass rights. So it's not a big deal.
#105
There may be some miscommunication....
Let's use the example ofLCAL EWR 737 FO >> assume LUAL pilot Joe Schmuckatelli is bidding #269 based on his current TPA directed seniority. If, as a result of the ISL, First Officer Schmuckatelli is placed senior to 100 of the current EWR 737 FOs that are between #1 and #268, do you contend that he will have to wait for some future bid before exercising his ISL seniority within the EWR 737 FO list? Assume that all of those 269 pilots are trained and currently flying in that BES.
Let's use the example ofLCAL EWR 737 FO >> assume LUAL pilot Joe Schmuckatelli is bidding #269 based on his current TPA directed seniority. If, as a result of the ISL, First Officer Schmuckatelli is placed senior to 100 of the current EWR 737 FOs that are between #1 and #268, do you contend that he will have to wait for some future bid before exercising his ISL seniority within the EWR 737 FO list? Assume that all of those 269 pilots are trained and currently flying in that BES.
He should move up to 169 immediately. That's his seniority. It's instant. There isn't a phase in period.
#106
I really don't know the answer. Clearly there are two ways of looking at this. Right now these pilots are furloughed UAL pilots and at the same time flying at their new seniority as a CAL new hire. Many of them have L-UAL pilots senior to them on furloughed status so it may be a while for some of them to be "recalled".
So:
If these pilots are allowed to bid their new seniority they have in effect been recalled out of seniority. Prohibited by most if not all CBA's
Or:
If they have in fact not been recalled but are moved up to their new seniority then we are reordering the L-CAL list to accommodate them. Again, prohibited by most if not all CBA's.
We will have to see what the award contains to know the answer. If the arbitrators don't address the issues I'm sure any number of attorneys will.
So:
If these pilots are allowed to bid their new seniority they have in effect been recalled out of seniority. Prohibited by most if not all CBA's
Or:
If they have in fact not been recalled but are moved up to their new seniority then we are reordering the L-CAL list to accommodate them. Again, prohibited by most if not all CBA's.
We will have to see what the award contains to know the answer. If the arbitrators don't address the issues I'm sure any number of attorneys will.
Also, no recalls are being done out of order. Every single UAL furloughee has been offered a job back at United and they have had the opportunity. The pilots who are already on the property don't need to be recalled. They will be defacto recalled when the ISL is signed.
That's what SLI is for. Fixing this mess. Those pilots will IMMEDIATELY be in new seniority positions on the overall list and their BES.
#107
Don't say Guppy
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I believe the lUAL pilots have to "accept" recall. They cannot be forced to take a recall. We have 2 jobs and 2 employee numbers. If you look at the list created by the CAL merger committee, the lUAL guys at CAL are on the list twice, with two numbers.
If we accept recall, we go to unfilled positions first, in seniority order. Since there are a bunch of unfilled guppy slots in IAH and EWR, I can't see a legal problem with "recalling in place". There are some pilots that will feel otherwise, and those can be dealt with through the grievance process.
At least that is how I see it. I have been wrong before.
"If a man speaks in the wilderness, and there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?"
If we accept recall, we go to unfilled positions first, in seniority order. Since there are a bunch of unfilled guppy slots in IAH and EWR, I can't see a legal problem with "recalling in place". There are some pilots that will feel otherwise, and those can be dealt with through the grievance process.
At least that is how I see it. I have been wrong before.
"If a man speaks in the wilderness, and there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?"
#108
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I guess another permutation would be to accept recall, and get the same seat, but recall to another base.
Every furloughed UAL pilot was offered a new hire job at lCAL. The ones that declined - that was their choice.
I am not sure the recalls will be that messy. The big 756 bump is another matter. Recalling furloughees and bumping 800 pilots simultaneously. LMAO. Only at UAL.
I only see this whole thing going smoothly if the company just happens to get lucky. There is no way they are smart enough to get it right. Not in a million years.
Every furloughed UAL pilot was offered a new hire job at lCAL. The ones that declined - that was their choice.
I am not sure the recalls will be that messy. The big 756 bump is another matter. Recalling furloughees and bumping 800 pilots simultaneously. LMAO. Only at UAL.
I only see this whole thing going smoothly if the company just happens to get lucky. There is no way they are smart enough to get it right. Not in a million years.
#109
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From: B737 IAH
I guess another permutation would be to accept recall, and get the same seat, but recall to another base.
Every furloughed UAL pilot was offered a new hire job at lCAL. The ones that declined - that was their choice.
I am not sure the recalls will be that messy. The big 756 bump is another matter. Recalling furloughees and bumping 800 pilots simultaneously. LMAO. Only at UAL.
I only see this whole thing going smoothly if the company just happens to get lucky. There is no way they are smart enough to get it right. Not in a million years.
Every furloughed UAL pilot was offered a new hire job at lCAL. The ones that declined - that was their choice.
I am not sure the recalls will be that messy. The big 756 bump is another matter. Recalling furloughees and bumping 800 pilots simultaneously. LMAO. Only at UAL.
I only see this whole thing going smoothly if the company just happens to get lucky. There is no way they are smart enough to get it right. Not in a million years.
For UAL furloughees awaiting recall that have not gone to CAL, that should follow in seniority order by the amount of unfilled vacancies following the post SLI vacancy bid. Any leftover class slots can be filled from the new hire pool. Further recalls have to wait on unfilled vacancies and class slots.
As the Ual recalls have many years they can bypass, I expect some will continue to bypass based upon their current job and where they fall on the SLI list...
Also remember, all of these guys getting offered a job on the CAL side has no effect on the real recall process other than those that accepted the job are already on property for their "recall in place". Those off property just have to wait out the normal UAL vacancy bids and unfilled spots. I expect a huge amount of unfilled vacancies off the post SLI bid.
Admiral
PS just FYI on the 14-02a bid on the Cal side IAHFO 737 was more senior than 757/67 FO. Unfilled 757/67 spots.
#110
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All have been offered employment at UCH ... United Airlines has only offered jobs to about 350ish or so of the 1437 ... Your old United Airlines, and UAL Corp, are DEAD, DONE, GONE. So is my legacy airline and parent. Best path forward is together as UCH.
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