Originally Posted by
cactiboss
Even better than that, they claimed that pilots furloughed to the owned commuters were never really furloughed so they should have accrued longevity just as if the flew for main line. Of course to work for the commuter one must be furloughed but in their version of reality no One was ever furloughed. They lost the arbitration recently and are now filing a lawsuit in federal court over it. Like everything east there is more to the story, they believe that this case is the smoking gun that will eventually overturn the nicolau award, becouse in their opinion the mainline pilots furloughed to the commuters were never furloughed at all, as such the award must be wrong and nullified
While that would be insane WRT Piedmont and Allegheny, they do have a point WRT the original Mid Atlantic. At the time Mid Atlantic was USAir. USAir call sign, USAir certificate, and the pilots were not officially furloughed. Yet the nic treated them as if they were at a different regional actually under furlough. While they have a solid point on that, I think it only applies to around 100 pilots or so before Mid Atlantic was sold off. Hardly enough to "overturn" nic in its entirety but you never know. When you're deep into the region of reverse command pulling up still feels instinctual for some reason.