traderjake
Veteran
- Aug 30, 2002
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The East MEC and Pilots' reaction the arbitration award is way out of line.
Date of Hire was never an viable option under the ALPA merger policy.
No objective person is going to make a pilot without a job senior to a pilot working on the property.
No objective person is going to make a Reserve First Officer senior to a Block Holding Captain.
The Merger Committee knew it, that is why DOH was not our orginal position.
The arbitrator told us so when he said "Both sides need to serously reconsider their positions.
Instead of being leaders and telling us the truth, the MEC took the cowardly and polictally expedient route and went along with the vocal majority.
It's not the AWA pilots fault we worked for a stagnant, poorly run company. The arbitrator was not going to give us his job as compensation.
The award is unfair, not because it's not DOH, but because it gives no to credit for our greater attrition due to retirements. If the retirement age is raised that issue is not very relevant.
It's our own fault that we did not get attrition due retirements because instead of making a case for that, we tried to make the case for DOH.
Date of Hire was never an viable option under the ALPA merger policy.
No objective person is going to make a pilot without a job senior to a pilot working on the property.
No objective person is going to make a Reserve First Officer senior to a Block Holding Captain.
The Merger Committee knew it, that is why DOH was not our orginal position.
The arbitrator told us so when he said "Both sides need to serously reconsider their positions.
Instead of being leaders and telling us the truth, the MEC took the cowardly and polictally expedient route and went along with the vocal majority.
It's not the AWA pilots fault we worked for a stagnant, poorly run company. The arbitrator was not going to give us his job as compensation.
The award is unfair, not because it's not DOH, but because it gives no to credit for our greater attrition due to retirements. If the retirement age is raised that issue is not very relevant.
It's our own fault that we did not get attrition due retirements because instead of making a case for that, we tried to make the case for DOH.