Merger Committee Protocol Agreement Update

As we negotiate the Seniority List Integration protocol agreement with APA, we thought an explanation of this document would be helpful to our pilots. The protocol are the “rules of engagement” that the parties agree to, under Section 13b of the Allegheny-Mohawk Labor Protective Provisions, as a basis for the negotiation and, if needed, the arbitration of the integration of the seniority lists of the pilots represented by USAPA and represented by APA. The parties to this agreement are USAPA, APA, and the Company. The MOU spells out the timeline for reaching a protocol agreement which was supposed to have been January 9. By mutual agreement, this date was extended by 30 days to February 9. We are working to reach agreement by that date.
Many of you are concerned about what will happen should we not reach a protocol agreement. Regarding one aspect of the protocol agreement, our latest pass to APA addresses the APA and USAPA Merger Committees and requires the continuation of these committees in the event of a single representative determination by the National Mediation Board. This is clearly what the McCaskill-Bond Amendment requires. We believe that any attempt by either the Company or APA to take control of the USAPA Merger Committee or toconstitute other committeeswould clearly violate the McCaskill-Bond Amendment.
USAPA Merger Committee