Originally Posted by
STR8NLVL
No. As has been stated by those on here that are more informed, only pilots covered by the CBA being negotiated and released from the NMB can legally strike.
The only the thing that the F9 pilots can be asked to do by 357 that they could legally do is to refuse to fly "struck work." The trick to that is deciphering what routes are "struck work" when RAH shuffles the same flights between both sides. This is no accident as DL and other mainline carriers do this as well to prevent us from labeling any of their routes as ours and thereby allowing other regionals to refuse them. Most CBA's have a provision allowing a pilot to refuse to cross a picket and fly a struck route.
Probably what you'll see is if a route has been flown 4X/day by F9 and 2X/day by RP, 357 would insist that any frequency greater than 4X/day flown during a strike would constitute crossing the line. I really don't think 357 is going to focus a lot of attention on the F9 side. There are some FFD routes that are clearly only flown by us that inflict a lot more damage on RAH and their partners that will be easier to enforce, and not produce more stress and discord between F9 and RAH pilots.
Hopefully, any routes that were declared struck work and clearly were wouldn't be flown by our brothers in this dysfunctional CF of a family.
There's been enough ill will and anger. I'm ready to move on, together, separate, whatever. I'm tired of this pointless bickering.
Peace out.
Thank you for one of the more reasoned (and correct) replies from the Republic side of the house.
It is absolutely correct that Frontier can NOT legally strike if the FFD side is released. Two different contracts. I hear that the ExCo has communicated this but by my estimates about half of the Republic pilots I talk to seem to think that Frontier pilots are obligated to strike with them.
If Republic does go out on strike, the issue of struck work will be an interesting one-affecting United, Delta, American, US Airways, and Frontier. While your definition of struck work may seem logical, that doesn't mean that's how it will work. Delta (and every other airline) will argue that it is their flying, their colors, their route, and entirely their decision as to what company flies what aircraft at what time and what frequency.