You know that none of what you wrote is true.
How do you know that I know that?
I fully stand by my last post as either fact or possibility. For example, it is a fact that US Airways will maintain separate seniority lists for at least a total of 10 years and 3 months.
First, by taking on the task of Representitive, it must represent ALL US pilots, not just those it sides with.
I never said that USAPA did not serve the West group well, just that that "USAPA served the East pilot group well by..." USAPA recently represented the West pilot group well by negotiating a pay raise, enhanced job security and other QOL improvements. What a tremendous benefit it is that after so much gnashing of teeth that now USAPA will facilitate bringing West and East pilots together under the American Airlines and APA names.
This is a time to relax and be thankful. Merging with American means that you truly have won the lottery under USAPA's representation.
Secondly, under the NIC, your statement regarding growth only applies to those pilots who were furloughed at the time of the merger. The bulk of the pilots would have seen upgrades and advancement at very much the same rate, only many years earlier.
Yes, but Nic does not exist and you have no rights to it until after JCBA+SLI. Hence why your DFR is not ripe, which is why AOL is saber rattling now.
Instead of the bulk, now all east pilots are eligible for East movement and immune to the LAS closing. My statement regarding growth not only applies to furloughed pilots of yesteryear, but also to the pilot hiring and aircraft deliveries taking place today—hence why East pilots opted for what may be at least 10.25 years of separate operations.
Thirdly, the senior pilots had no way to know that the folks they were helping would be so selfish, that they would subject them to BK wages for the remainder of their career in pursuit of an illegal seniority grab.
The senior pilots at US Airways are happy. Age 65 gave them an extra 5 years at the top, growth and great schedules. Now a new generation of senior pilots is replacing them.
Lastly, had USAPA never been birthed, US may have been in a much stronger position and may have been able to expand as much or more than the merger provides, with all of the benefits going to the US pilots.
You're right. US Airways "may" have been in a much stronger position, but this is not practical thinking. Ill will, infighting, and overreaching from both East and West ALPA were the catalyst that gave US Airways the massive economic boost to be successful today. The inefficiencies of separate operations pale to the cost controls of bankruptcy era contracts.
This is a sweetheart scenario facilitated by Doug Parker: Divide Et Impera!
I know that you admit to yourself that you wish USAPA had failed in its representation bid. And now for all their failure, they want to extort an additional $2 million from its pilots to cover their poor decision to squander that same amount in legal fees for nothing.
I could care less about what USAPA did. Their past has nothing to do with me.
Please retire or quit the industry and put an end to spread of the effects of your poor shortsighted decisions.
Okay.
EAST PILOTS = LORENZO
No, East Pilots = West Pilots...
Both groups were equally disrespectful, over-reaching and disingenuous.
