Originally Posted by
Old UCAL CA
Ahem...for all the excitable types...none of this requires different crew bases...at least in the short-term.
Trip sequences are purely software-driven in a multitude of limiting or advantageous parameters. United could build all equipment trip sequences, if it so chose, out of Guam. Lots of deadhead, hotel, and duty problems to be sure, but there is a trip solution...clearly not very practical. I've seen it on a demo one time.
And, cross-pollinization has always been part of the merger/assimilation plan
Wait until you see a bid, then start digging out the attic.
31 December is only about a month away, not too long a wait for the Happy New Year Domicile Opening/Closing letter. (emphasis added in bold and underline)
Section 13 Termination of this Transition and Process Agreement
13-A. Partial Termination. Unless the Parties agree otherwise, the Airline Parties
may jointly terminate the provisions of Sections 4-D (Domiciles), 7-A (Furlough
with regard to United Pilots only), 7-C (Flying Ratios), 7-D (Domicile and Base
Protection), and 9 (ALPA Travel), individually or collectively, at any time on or
after December 31, 2011, if the parties have not reached a tentative agreement on a
JCBA by that date.
13-B. Termination by Agreement. The Parties may terminate this Transition
and Process Agreement whenever they shall agree to do so.
13-C. Termination by Notice. An Airline Party or ALPA may terminate this
Transition and Process Agreement on fifteen (15) days notice delivered to the
other Parties at any time following termination of the Merger Agreement under
Section 8.1 of that Agreement.
13-D. Effect of Termination. Termination of this Transition and Process
Agreement will not affect a Party’s obligations under Sections 3, 7-B-(iv), 8, 11,
12, and applicable definitions in Section 1, nor will it affect any outstanding
payment obligations under Section 15. A Pilot who has been employed pursuant
to Section 7-B will continue, at his option, to be employed by the employing
Airline in accordance with that Airline’s collective bargaining agreement;
however, two (2) months after termination of this Transition and Process
Agreement his pay rate going forward will be adjusted to reflect only his accrued
service credit at the employing Airline.