referencing post
http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/ma...ml#post1315754
Why it matters.
The idea that other pilot groups are cutting deals with Delta management, circumventing our Representatives, has me very concerned. Even if ALPA will tolerate unauthorized bargaining,* we can't abide.
ALPA's Administrative manual states the following, and ethically, it is the right thing to do:
We Delta pilots ratified a contract which
respects this Administrative Manual Goal:
Pinnacle's MEC comes along and wants to reorder the preferential hiring or flow
to benefit their senior Captains who already have a job. I read that as a modification to what we've ratified in our contract, an unauthorized change by someone unauthorized to even be at the table with Delta management.
And what is the goal of this change?
To sell a concessionary agreement which lowers the pay and working conditions of pilots who fly Delta passengers with a flow though.
If you share my concern, write your Reps so that can be remedied before this TA language goes out and we have an even larger mess to deal with. Further, I want it made clear, if Delta management wants to sit down and talk to pilot labor, they talk to the Delta MEC.
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(references, the principle of "exclusivity" in the Railway Labor Act, local autonomy Article IV, Section 2 of ALPA's Constitution and Bylaws, authority as outlined in Article XVIII Section 1. *There are numerous procedures specific to Section 1 negotiations which appear to have been violated, but I will await the publication of triggering language, if that's the case here)