Originally Posted by
Nevets
But how would the ASA MEC get to vote on ratification on something that not even the XJT MEC got to vote on?
I would guess the assertion is that the XJT MEC didn't have full authority to enter into the arbitration without the consent of the ASA MEC.
The authority existed since 2004 when the XJT contract was ratified. Nothing stops the company from exercising their contractual right to invoke section 26 when introducing new aircraft. There was no change in that section I the contract. It had already existed.