Originally Posted by
fdx727pilot
It's never worked that way. The same scenario occured after the postal bid, but the ANC guys from the pre-Postal bid still went to their original training (after postal bid,) activated in ANC, and then transfered to MEM. In this case, however, there were no Purple nuggets to help them get out of ANC and some of those guys didn't get back to MEM until months after guys of their seniority who got MEM on the 2nd bid had activated. Did they think they got a bad deal? Yes! Was it legal by the CBA? Yes? Is life always fair? No! Get over it.
And the company testified in 02-02 that a following bid canx a previous bid if training hasn't started yet. The argument is that the contract should specify what happens when someone switches domiciles and hasn't started training for the first bid yet. Because it has happened in the past doesn't cut it. It should be in writing and as CB has been saying, both the company and ALPA have said it is a grey area. The company shouldn't be able to decide at their whim that one day they will canx training for a bid and the next day decide they won't. It needs to be written in the contract, and as of now, it still isn't. Before you say get over it again, Don't.