Originally Posted by
mooneymite
This is perplexing to me. Derinda must certainly be familiar with the working agreement. It plainly says that the company may open or close domiciles anywhere, anytime without permission from the union.
"Section 13.2 Domestic Domicile Openings and Closings:"
"The Company may open new Domiciles at its discretion, however, a crewmember assigned to, or who has designated a domicile, cannot be involuntarily assigned to a different or new domicile, except as may be provided elsewhere in this agreement. The company agrees to provide 90 days written notice of new Domicile openings to the unioin and all crewmembers. The notice to the crewmembers may be sent via the comapny issued communications devices."
"13.2 (c)i: In the event that the company elects to close a domicile, 90 days written notice must be provided to the union and the affected domicile crewmembers. The notice...may be sent via company issued communications devices. Said crewmembers will be redesignated as home based airport crewmembers and shall have the right to designate the closed domicile as a HBA; provided it meets the HBA qualifying criteria listed..."
Can't understand why Derinda would say such a thing. Just remember, what Derinda tells you doesn't count...only the contract does.
I didn't get the sense that she was union bashing just trying to be informative. It may have even been in response to the domicile question, I don't recall to be honest with you. I just remember her saying they'd like to open up 20 more but it had to be all or nothing. She might have even been saying that was prior to the contract. I don't recall. Hate to start something with her as she was just great during the interview process and made it quite enjoyable.