Originally Posted by
Flytolive
Why would anyone be reluctant to do so?
Your own merger committee bragged that they only have 13 grievances on file compared to 636 for L-UAL in March 2013 against the same management. I think that says it all about the cultural differences between the two pilot groups.
The problem with those grievances is that they have no way to get resolved. All the pre merger CBA's, as well as the new UPA have defined number of days per year available for System Boards. Somewhere around 2 days/month with at most 2 cases per day. So the company knows it can just deny grievances at the local level's 1 and 2, then force ALPA to pick and choose AT BEST 24 or so high profile Grievances to have heard at the Board level. There is no other way out of the process for a Grievance that reaches this level; it withers and collects dust if/until it gets heard and resolved at the Board.
It was a huge mistake to allow this type of minimal System Board availability to continue in the UPA. ALPA has to continue to be the arbiter of prioritizing and assigning denied level 1 and 2 Grievances to the ridiculously small amount of Board dates throughout the year.