Originally Posted by
scambo1
It comes down to route overlap and market control. We did our divesting mostly premerger. RA lined up his ducks.
I agree that AA and USAir will go through once they have bowed to the powers that be.
As far as Ak or Hi, look at the route overlap to foresee any big issues.
Btw, does anyone have a clear picture on what the sticking point is on the VA Dal production balance issue. I want to email my reps, but don't entirely understand that one. Is this just a case of management playing scope hardball?
On that point, has anyone heard anything regarding our negotiator's progress with the company over the Pacific Narita/Haneda non-compliance issue?
I believe negotiators were supposed to have met with management sometime over the summer. Temporarily approval for noncompliance is until September, so I'm curious if the temporary approval period will just expire without any type of contractual improvements for the pilot group. I don't really see any incentive to play ball with our negotiators at this point if all the company really needed was to get through the summer.
I'm less concerned with any type of contractual gain as I am concerned with our union's inability to enforce certain provisions of our section 1. Temporary approval expires September 30 th, so time will tell I guess.