Originally Posted by
cactiboss
Usapa will be gone and control nothing. The Mou you voted on was set up for the apa to takeover:
Mou paragraph 5:
"US Airways, and is successors, if any, shall continue to recognize and treat with USAPA as representatives of the pilots employed by US Airways until another representative for the pilot craft or class is certified by the National Mediation Board (the "NMB")."
This is why USAPA is suing to have a Merger Protocol Agreement that preserves our Merger Committee and it's respective leadership, which will as now be limited to four officers.
Originally Posted by
A321
Let's see if I can summarize this.
USAPA and APA agreed to an MOU for the merger before the merger. Part of the MOU said that the two would agree to a "seniority integration protocol" agreement (essentially a document as to how seniority list discussions were going to go IF the merger happened).
APA insisted that they have the ability to unilaterally change language in the MOU after they become the single union (could be this year)... and USAPA didn't like this... it took away the US pilot's ability to adequately oversee seniority integrations.
The MOU also stated that the seniority lists would come together in a "fair and equitable" manner, per McCaskill-Bond legislation (which was written to prevent another TWA/AA staple job).
However, the wolf in sheep's clothing is that the McCaskill-Bond legislation is thrown out the window once the two pilot groups have one union (presumably APA) and the
union's internal merger policy supersedes. An internal merger policy can be changed at any time...you can see where this is going.
This is how it has been explained to me. Someone correct me if I am wrong.
US Airways And American And The Elephants In The*Room - Aviation Articles and Commentary - Swelblog / Swelbar on Airlines
Correct.