Originally Posted by
flybywire44
I love this graphic, but don't the west pilots want to move on?
US Airways new hires are going to start upgrading into left seats that West pilots should have. 330s are coming and at this rate West pilots will even miss out on the 350 deliveries! East will have 700 pilots retire in the next three years and West will miss out on all of this attrition.
If the merger AA merger fails because of Nic than West pilots will lose much more career progression than Nic would have ever brought.
I wish there was a way USAPA could establish separate representation for the West. Judge Silver specifically referenced negotiate three lists in an AA merger.
Maybe the seniority issue can just be handed off to McCatskill-Bond mediation?
No the west is not ready to move on. We have fleet mins and the Nic. Is still the list in our contract. Do you think we want to be stapled and then go merge with that list? Or do we stay separate and wait for a merge where we either get the Nic. Or a 3 way?