Originally Posted by
GrapeNuts
There is nothing illegal as to the intent of the MOU or the motivations of the APA. Unions have a right to single carrier status and they enjoy a wide range of reasonableness in their conduct of business.
Usapa took away the west union and then denied the west pilots arbitration. So, ALG, the question you asked Eagle regarding the JetBlue hypothetical really needs to be answered by you first.
In that scenario, I feel that the jetBlue ALPA merger committee would be expected to represent the jetBlue pilots if there wasn't a SLI agreement before single carrier.
That just seems like the way it should always work. I think we will all find that is also the intent of the M/B statute...