Unfilled Vacancies
#12
On Reserve
Joined APC: May 2012
Posts: 18
What? Where is this information from? We have been able to bid away from our initial seats as uhires since day one. No seat lock.
#13
Also, I believe there might be some uhires thant the lock expired.
Could be wrong.
#14
It doesn't make sense that a new hire can get a IAD base, but a guy that lives there that never had that option of airplane or base before is limited because of a training freeze.
#15
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 403
These openings are NEW base openings for CAL to UAL and vice versa, thus a seat lock would not apply.
Did you try and bid to a new seat across the aisle?
Were you unable?
I'm pretty sure if you wanted to bid any of the bases that weren't available to you previously, you could do so. The only restriction was there needs to be a vacancy.
Anyone on the CAL side could have bid any of these vacancies, even U-hires.
There weren't hardly any 2ndary vacancies on the CAL side and won't be for some time because no one in their right mind currently in a CAL hub would bid a UAL hub and lose 50-60% seniority in base unless they were a commuter and could go home by bidding there.
Take a look at those that moved and about 90% of the people moving were L-UAL moving into vacancies, most of them moving into L-CAL bases.
Even U-hires, why would they bid A320 and be the junior guy on the totem pole when they can bid 737 in the same base and be at 50-80%?
#17
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Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 403
#18
Line Holder
Joined APC: Aug 2007
Posts: 80
Yes, I'm a Uhire. I have been here a year. The Uhires were equipment lock so they were not allowed to bid any 320 slots as it was considered same pay equipment. I should correct myself though. Uhires were allowed to bid former UAL 400,777,76T equipment (because that was an increase in pay.) The only former UAL equipment that we were frozen out of was the 320. Also, for the record, I'm on the Guppy.
#19
Banned
Joined APC: Aug 2010
Position: next to chronic complainers...
Posts: 364
Yes, I'm a Uhire. I have been here a year. The Uhires were equipment lock so they were not allowed to bid any 320 slots as it was considered same pay equipment. I should correct myself though. Uhires were allowed to bid former UAL 400,777,76T equipment (because that was an increase in pay.) The only former UAL equipment that we were frozen out of was the 320. Also, for the record, I'm on the Guppy.
#20
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2011
Posts: 133
I hope your misinformed...that would suck for both the recalls and the company. Sewark for the recalls and six months of positive space for the company. I wouldn't wish Newark on my enemy....
Last edited by Freddriver5; 10-09-2013 at 04:44 PM.
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