Originally Posted by
tom11011
American bought these planes. American owns American Eagle (Envoy). Agreements to own and fly these airplanes must already be in place between the two companies otherwise purchase agreements probably wouldn't be signed. Big companies don't sign billion dollar deals without knowing the details.
Could American decide to give them to someone else? Sure they could, but they're not going to do that otherwise this vote would not be coming back around for round 2. Someone has been paid. I'm afraid the AE council must be pretty weak or succumbed to something sinister. What's in it for the council to change their minds?
Those airplanes have delivery dates and those manufacturers are going to want to get paid whether anyone is flying them or not. There is an urgency here and that is why you are seeing round 2 of this.
Don't PSA out now.
This is actually round 3. During round 1 the company wanted an all out B scale.
This union was busted from within. The company merely followed the lead they were given and refused to acknowledge the MEC as a group who accurately represented the pilots. After cleaning house internally, our union SHOULD have said "tough s..., we're the collective bargaining agent, deal with it". Instead, seeking to have their ability to accurately represent be validated, they came to the pilots to deliver the resounding NO vote which they know is inevitable.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. So it goes for MECs as well. Two of our weak links were recently eliminated for going rogue and working a back room deal with the company without the MEC's knowledge or approval. One weak link who was most certainly involved in the plan remains and is in the process of being ousted. Another weak link who was probably not involved is resigning from union duty. After all that happens we should have a pretty clean shop!