Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Don't know if I can agree with you here. What SWAPA and SWA management have done here is create a strategy that effectively terrified a pilot group from seeking the protections of this legislation. Thus this legislation in its current form may well have been rendered useless.
If I was a Georgia congressman, I would offer an amendment to this legislation stating that no airline merger or acquisition of assets would be allowed without the acquiring company first signing off on complying with every word of this law. It would not be an option for a pilot group to "vote" themselves out of the protection.
Carl
Every word of this law was in fact complied with. The amendment specifically states that you proceed to arbitration if no negotiated settlement is reached. If you feel that an integration of two corporate entities should be forced after an acquisition, you will need to change a lot more U.S. laws than just B/M.