Originally Posted by
FIIGMO
That has me worried, ALK has a very dangerous lack of scope and DAL/ALK will of course tell ALPA that existing contracts for airlines such as SKYW will have to be honored (think lack of scope at ALK and the immediate future with 100 seat deliveries) in a merger.....
Not a settling future IMHO
Fiigmo, as I see it, if Delta wants to acquire an airline with non-permitted aircraft, we merge them.
We don't know what Alaska's capacity purchase agreements look like, but
we do know our contract language. Your scenario requires a blatant breach of our agreement.
Now if we acquired Alaska Air Lines and Alaska Air Group wanted to outsource to SkyWest their flying as Alaska Air Group it is assumed that would be AS code. If Skywest tried to fill Alaska's shoes, I think it would still be a "Category B" operation limited to 70 seats, 85,000 pounds or a Dash 8 like Horizon has(d).
The Company is required to notify us before the negotiation of any such agreement.
I guess your scenario is that we might acquire an airline which has already outsourced 90, or 100 seat, jets. If so, I think our contract protects us.
If you're saying we might renegotiate to allow it ... well, that's were I always hope our coordination between MEC's as a national union helps us ...