Originally Posted by
PurpleTurtle
"APA seeks a further declaration that, following USAPA’s decertification as the collective bargaining representative for legacy US Airways pilots and its replacement by APA as the collective bargaining representative for all US Airways and American pilots, USAPA may only participate in the MOU seniority integration process if and to the extent deemed appropriate by APA."
The APA is a leopard who is unable to change their spots, but at least they don't sell $675 ties.
All correct as it is what the MOU provides for and (most importantly) what USAPA agreed to. The confusion lies in equating USAPA as a recognized bargaining agent with "East pilots" as a sub-group in this SLI. I think East pilots will have the opportunity to argue their position in a SLI discussion among at least three parties after they're first handed their hat by a court and USAPA as a recognized agent is dispatched to the happy hunting ground.
The problem isn't the supposed leopard whose spots were known and shown for all to see before anyone agreed to the MOU, but the jackal that keeps attacking anything and everything in its path.