RE: Age 65. Food for Thought
Should age 60+ pilots be bidding their full seniority? Consider: After the CAL strike, pilots who returned were not allowed to bid their full seniority for 2 years. I suppose there are many reasons for this. But the result was a smoother transition for the many different pilot groups that made up CAL after the interruption of rightful seniority progression. Which is no less than what has happened with 65, and 65 is no less outside the CBA than the strike was. The difference: There was no union in place and no contract. If you've been marginalized by 65 (majority of us) consider what took place in the past. It breaks my heart to point this out, but if we had no union and no contracts, age 65 probably would have been handled more like the aftermath of the CAL strike and there would be fewer furloughs and less detriment being felt by a majority of airline pilots.
Re-cap: In a no union/no contract environment, replacement worker pilots were treated better than ALPA furloughs are now? Somebody prove me wrong. I'm just putting an idea out there as part of my effort at getting re-inspired in ALPA.
I think experienced pilots should be surplused to the bottom of the seniority list until all furloughs are back. Then let them bid 50% of their full seniority.
Should age 60+ pilots be bidding their full seniority? Consider: After the CAL strike, pilots who returned were not allowed to bid their full seniority for 2 years. I suppose there are many reasons for this. But the result was a smoother transition for the many different pilot groups that made up CAL after the interruption of rightful seniority progression. Which is no less than what has happened with 65, and 65 is no less outside the CBA than the strike was. The difference: There was no union in place and no contract. If you've been marginalized by 65 (majority of us) consider what took place in the past. It breaks my heart to point this out, but if we had no union and no contracts, age 65 probably would have been handled more like the aftermath of the CAL strike and there would be fewer furloughs and less detriment being felt by a majority of airline pilots.
Re-cap: In a no union/no contract environment, replacement worker pilots were treated better than ALPA furloughs are now? Somebody prove me wrong. I'm just putting an idea out there as part of my effort at getting re-inspired in ALPA.
I think experienced pilots should be surplused to the bottom of the seniority list until all furloughs are back. Then let them bid 50% of their full seniority.
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