Marko Ramius
Vilnius Nastavnic
- Joined
- Nov 25, 2001
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- 378
It is true that UAL and UAX don't have a flowthrough/flowback program, but that's not what this discussion is about. It's about future new hire positions that are coming in the future. The reason it's an issue is because UAL has violated its scope clause jeopardizing A/C delivery and growth plans at the UAX carriers. Additionally, UAL seems to be using the same force manure to try and pressure these carriers into renegotiating their cost-plus agreements. As far as being financially feasible, those very same cost-plus agreements make that possible as well. These contracts are designed to cover the Express carriers costs, and build in a profit. Training costs are part of each UAX carrier(and any airline for that matter) crew costs and are factored into the cost-plus agreements. So in effect, UAL would be covering the cost for both training and recall, that much is very similar to CoEx and Eagle. Whether it will happen or not is pure speculation as far as I can tell right now, but it is a viable outcome for several parties involved and is cost feasible. Of course, us UAL furloughees are going to be quite surprised when our future recalls are mysteriously slower than anticipated because of the effects on the UAX carriers, but we'll leave those hypothetical complaints to posts in the very distant future!