Originally Posted by
R57 relay
I'd say that according to several federal court rulings that if a majority of pilots vote in a new union AND they can get the company to negotiate a new seniority list AND the new SL can survive a DFR, then yeah, they can change it. Unless as CM says, MB has more weight since it is a federal arbitration instead of an intra-union one.
Therein lies the problem in our case. The 9th says we can't even ask the question wether it is "binding" until after a contract is signed. MB says its "final and binding" but if you follow the 9ths ruling the union can do whatever it wants. Now if what the union did ends up being illegal both the union and company can be liable to the injured parties. Really a chicken/egg thing and why Silver said the 9th made a bad decision