I am not an ALPA insider. I heard this information second hand, but it is my understanding that the UAL MEC Chairman believes the TPA is still partially in control, but according to outside council supporting a C11 Grievance against system bid 14-02, Section 25 of the UPA clearly states that all other previous agreements are null and void after the signing of the new contract.
25-A
Amendable Date
This Agreement shall become effective on the date of signing hereof, shall continue in full force and effect through and including January 31, 2017, and shall renew itself without change each succeeding February 1st thereafter unless written notice of intended change is served in accordance with Section 6, Title I, of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, by either party hereto at least thirty (30) days but no more than two hundred seventy (270) days prior to January 31, 2017, or any year thereafter. The parties shall commence direct negotiations with respect to such notice no later than thirty (30) days following the delivery of such notice.
25-B
Incorporation of Other Agreements
This Agreement and any Letters of Agreement and Memoranda of Understanding entered into by the parties after the date hereof constitute the sole and entire agreement between the parties while they remain in effect, and shall cancel all Agreements, Supplemental Agreements, Amendments, Letters of Understanding and similar related documents executed between the Company and the Air Line Pilots Association prior to the signing of this Agreement.
Also, interesting to note that two Grievances related to last years profit sharing appear just about finished. The first having been decided in favor of UAL-ALPA and the second was awaiting the first for clarification meaning it too will go in favor of UAL-ALPA and against the company and Jay Pierce. Both of these outcomes were in spite of ALPA national and the UAL Chairman who did not support either grievance initially. So it will be even more interesting to see what happens with this latest grievance against system bid 14-02, as it appears UAL-ALPA does not support it either.
Oh, the tangled webs we weave . . .