Originally Posted by
FLEX
I am interested on your take on this issue. What is a scab relating to the IBT and RAH-
If Frontier pilots have not been released by the NMB to strike, can (or should) they strike?
First of all, a scab
is basically someone who has either refused to join a union, or who has crossed a picket line and gone to work during a strike.
Your coworker thinks that because people go to work for lower than standard wages that they are considered scabs. That's not the definition of a scab. I'm not the one that started the scab topic.
Here's my take: RP and F9 pilots are all on the same master seniority list. However, there are currently two different CBAs. With that said, if the majority pilot group votes for a strike and it's an approved NMB strike than it's the pilot group that falls under the CBA, in which is being struck, that would have to be the ones to stop work and picket.
However, since F9 pilots are also represented by the same union, if the union requests that all pilots it represents to support the strike than any IBT Local 357 pilot that goes to work would be considered crossing the picket line and labeled a scab. If the Local doesn't than by all means go to work. Do I personally think that you need your union to tell you that? No. You should support your union and fellow brothers and sisters.
Originally Posted by
FLEX
As an FFD (fee for departure) carrier, are all carriers you contract with obligated to honor your strike? i.e. Delta, United, American, US Airways, and Frontier.
I don't think any FFD carrier has any clause in their contract that would make the main carrier honor a strike. That's why each carrier has more than 1 FFD carrier operating for them. Not so sure you can classify Frontier in this group.
Originally Posted by
FLEX
If you fly a route, let's say from New York to Cleveland in Delta colors, would a Delta pilot who flew that route during a strike be considered a scab?
Once again that's not the definition of a scab. Different company, different union, and different pilot group.
Originally Posted by
FLEX
The issue is an interesting one when talking in terms of FFD. Who's flying is it? Is the route/flying yours or the mainline partners?
If a strike vote is authorized and it's a FFD labor group, the company, whose pilots are on strike, could more than likely lose their FFD contract.
If RP pilots were to strike, the F9 pilots would not be obligated to strike with them unless the union made it clear that all pilots on the seniority list will honor the strike, since there's two different CBAs. I would think it would be in the best interest for F9 pilots to support their union.