Originally Posted by
mngmt mole
I suspect that the company will argue that those COS18 pilots who do NOT have the LIFO in their contracts are not subject to dismissal BEFORE more senior pilots who do have such a clause, thereby allowing them to retain the most junior (cheapest) members at the expense of more senior members. It's an interesting quandary....all to be revealed in the next few weeks no doubt.
No, the initial reason was that they wanted to be able to fire some of the cos18 extendees before others, depending on fleet/needs.
If they come up with a plan, that is.
Believe it or not, they were still offering extensions not so long ago (maybe they still are?) and these guys kept their place on the seniority list.
Now, what you say is not necessarily untrue. They'll probably try to screw us if they can.