P38JLightning
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I have no doubt that is a huge issue, as it should be (at least for the UAL MEC).
However I'm sure the company doens't care how the list shakes out other than some relatively minor cost items like longevity bumps for present furloughs and the like. The company would probably squeal about any training events caused by suddenly recalled UAL pilots, especially if it coincided with subsequent CAL furloughs, though I would think neither MEC would sign off on a deal that caused the latter, even if they differed on the "negotiating capital" worthy to spend on the former.
But scope should be and probably is a huge issue given the massive disparity between current CAL and current UAL PWA's and that will have to be reconciled. The company clearly wants UAL scope, while the MEC('s) I'm sure realize CAL scope is MUCH more beneficial to the profession than almost anything going forward with the "large RJ" outsource frenzy. The question is what do they intend on doing about it?
Go for the CAL scope even if it means giving up a LOT of bells and whistles? Or sell it down the river for a UAL/DAL style scope in exchange for a bargaining cookie? While it is predictable that the MEC('s) will say they will insist on CAL scope, CAL scope ending up in th final agreement, IMHO, will take one of the most unified and active grassroots pilot advocacy campaigns not seen in modern history. Is it possible? You bet it is. But ONLY if it is one of the top one or two issues every second of the SLI/single PWA process.
Doing right by the furloughees should absolutely be a battle cry. But that goes hand in hand with rolling back past UAL scope giveaways (those made in bad times to stave off historically empty threats of 1113c scope elimination as well as those made in good times for cookies and XYZ + whatever %). Hundreds of 70 seaters, much less anything larger, will lead to present or future furloughs eventually anyway. This has to be a constant front burner issue for a significant majority of the membership or it simply won't happen.
Anything less and scope WILL be sold down the river for a cookie, guaranteed. JMHO.
However I'm sure the company doens't care how the list shakes out other than some relatively minor cost items like longevity bumps for present furloughs and the like. The company would probably squeal about any training events caused by suddenly recalled UAL pilots, especially if it coincided with subsequent CAL furloughs, though I would think neither MEC would sign off on a deal that caused the latter, even if they differed on the "negotiating capital" worthy to spend on the former.
But scope should be and probably is a huge issue given the massive disparity between current CAL and current UAL PWA's and that will have to be reconciled. The company clearly wants UAL scope, while the MEC('s) I'm sure realize CAL scope is MUCH more beneficial to the profession than almost anything going forward with the "large RJ" outsource frenzy. The question is what do they intend on doing about it?
Go for the CAL scope even if it means giving up a LOT of bells and whistles? Or sell it down the river for a UAL/DAL style scope in exchange for a bargaining cookie? While it is predictable that the MEC('s) will say they will insist on CAL scope, CAL scope ending up in th final agreement, IMHO, will take one of the most unified and active grassroots pilot advocacy campaigns not seen in modern history. Is it possible? You bet it is. But ONLY if it is one of the top one or two issues every second of the SLI/single PWA process.
Doing right by the furloughees should absolutely be a battle cry. But that goes hand in hand with rolling back past UAL scope giveaways (those made in bad times to stave off historically empty threats of 1113c scope elimination as well as those made in good times for cookies and XYZ + whatever %). Hundreds of 70 seaters, much less anything larger, will lead to present or future furloughs eventually anyway. This has to be a constant front burner issue for a significant majority of the membership or it simply won't happen.
Anything less and scope WILL be sold down the river for a cookie, guaranteed. JMHO.
