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Old 03-21-2013 | 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by cactiboss
On a faithful day in 2007 the east pilots walked out of contract negotiations that were in close out talks. In April 2008 the east pilots tossed out alpa, and reopened every single closed section of the contract. Yes management wins, they win because the east pilots handed them their win on a silver platter. I will ask you the same question I asked r57, why has the nmb indefinitely parked usapa?
May 1, 2009 - Jury Trial - Day 4 - Testimony of E. Allen Hemenway


Q. Now, are there wages that you discussed before, the wage
component of the Kirby proposal, is that still on the table in
current negotiations?
A. Yes. We have had -- the company has not responded with any
updated pay proposals to the best of my recollection so far.
Q. But have they withdrawn that proposal?
A. No.

Q. I have handed you a document which on its face appears to
be an article from the Tribune East Valley-Scottsdale dated
January 31st 2007. What I'm going to refer you to is the sixth
paragraph. And if you would just take a moment to read it and
let me know when you have.
A. Okay.
Q. Okay. I'm going to ask you about the first sentence which
is attributed to Mr. Parker which reads, quote, "We have
offered pilots the best terms of either contract, which happens
to be the America West contract. But they are asking for
substantially more than that," end quote.
Do you understand that to be an accurate statement,
that the JNC negotiators were asking for substantially more
than the company was offering at that time?
A. Yes. The representative at the time was asking for more
than the cost of the higher cost agreement, which was the
America West agreement.
Q. And would you consider the reference, quote, "substantially
more," end quote, to be an accurate assessment in terms of the
context of substantially more being in terms of what the JNC
negotiators were asking relative to what the company was
offering?
A. It's certainly an entirely subjective definition of what
constitutes substantially, but I think as a general answer,
yes. We had a ways to go.

Q. Has the company breached the Transition Agreement by not
implementing the Seniority List embodied in the Nicolau Award?
A. No. As a matter of fact we're not permitted to implement
the Nicolau Award until we reach a single agreement.
Q. Has the company breached the Transition Agreement by not
reaching an agreement on the single Collective Bargaining
Agreement?
A. Could you ask me that again?
Q. Has --
A. I'm not sure I heard it right.
Q. It's essentially, have you breached the agreement by not
reaching an agreement? Has the company breached the Transition
Agreement by not reaching an agreement on a single Collective
Bargaining Agreement?
  • No, we have not.

Q. Page 69, and we will read from Line 9 ending at Line 24.
I think this one's an easy question -- excuse me. I
think this one's an easy one. Did the company ever file a
grievance against ALPA demanding that ALPA present the Nicolau
Award?
A. No
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