Originally Posted by
Great Santini
I agree sempergumbi. There are the few junior mints at RAH that are holding out hope that they get to cash in their arbitrated lottery ticket. The fact of the matter is that they will never have the opportunity to fly for Frontier. F9 will be either sold, IPO'd, merged, or wound-down in the next 12 months with zero chance of the IMSL being put into effective use. The IMSL is worthless. The 7 year fence is worthless. Thank your IBT. To all the RAH pilots: If you want to fly an Airbus put your resumes in to an Airbus operator and do well on your interview if called. Its the only way you will ever fly one.
Probably the most accurate statement regarding Frontier. RAH will continue to be successful at what they do, and Frontier will either sink, swim or merge with another airline. Ironically, the Local 357 and a handful of the RAH pilots are already arguing that THEY will go with Frontier when it separates according to the IMSL . I find this interpretation very creative, especially when you consider;
1. The Airbus is fenced until August 2018
2. The IMSL is not currently being used to fill vacancies at RAH (If it was, you would be filling new hire class with furloughed pilots from the IMSL)
3. The IMSL is not currently being used to fill vacancies at F9 (If it was, we would have filled the new Domicile bid via IMSL seniority. It was filled via F9 DOH seniority per the Eischen Quattro Dispute Resolution).
Apparently, according to the IBT, the IMSL is not in effect today and it will not be in effect tomorrow but it somehow immediately becomes controlling once a sale of F9 occurs. Riiiiiiiiggggghhtt.
In the grand scheme of things, the fine gents at RAH will be better off when F9 is long gone. Virtually every legacy carrier has relaxed scope restrictions and there will be significant opportunities in the 70-90 seat regional feed department. Hopefully your Negotiating Committee is focusing their negotiating capital on these seats and not the 50 seaters as you will eventually see less and less 50 seaters and more and more 70+ seaters.