Originally Posted by
172 Captain
Honest questions .....if USAir and AA (Pilots, FA's and TWU..per negotiation talks) come to terms on a merger:
1. Doesn't AMR have orders (understood as options) for 480 aircraft. (Rhetorical)
2. If the pilots go, the airframes don't?
3. If pilots go, and pi$$ of AMR, the only pilot group left is Eagle?
4. Then can you see AMR retaliate against the merger?
Not being a "high fiver" by any means. I just heard this hypothetical through friends.
I don't understand what you're getting at here ?
Those groups have ALREADY "come to terms" with U via the CLA's (Conditional Labor Agreements) already negotiated. These only apply if Parker takes over via his POR being accepted by the creditors and prior to BK exit. If AMR retains control and their POR stands, then the CLA's don't apply. At that point, AMR and U can still agree to a merge, but contractually, new terms would have to be agreed to with labor. As far as the AA pilots are concerned, even if they agree to a contract with AMR, it wouldn't affect their efforts to support Parker's plan for a pre-exit merge.
At this point, the process can still go in multiple directions.