Originally Posted by
drinksonme
Directly from the union update yesterday: "The
NMB asked the parties"
Then this today:
NMB agrees with flight attendants that American Airlines and US Airways are ?single transportation system? | Dallas Morning News
I thinks it's more of a realization by USAPA, then a worry about SOC
18 month countdown, that they are not really making a case that is going to win over the courts and NMB. If they lose those battles, then they have no legs to stand on. Yes, finishing SOC would put more pressure on the situation, but that seems like protection the company afforded itself IF things went way south, and appeal after appeal racked up over the years. USAPA can TRY to come to an agreement with APA and move forward without all the ugliness with this mediation. I am probably wrong, but this "movement" is a positive thing and hopefully cooler heads are prevailing, but time.....and maybe the courts (hopefully not) will tell.
The NMB declared single carrier status as it pertains to the FA's.
If you read the update from the APFA
https://www.apfa.org/hotline/hotline...s/3207-7-29-14, it's interesting how it will happen and the involvement of both unions
after the APFA takes over.
Interesting read at the bottom. It says that AFTER the 30 days the APFA will become the new union. HOWEVER, the AFA will STILL represent the US Airways FA's until a JCBA. And even after that, the AFA will continue to process grievances that arose under US Airways.
I guess it's different for a pilots union opposed to a FA union. I mean how can the NMB allow another union to have ANY input after the APFA is declared the union? Unless that's how it's supposed to work...
I'm betting it's stuff like that which will be defined by a protocol agreement for the pilots.
The AFA is on the way out. But they will still be involved even after they are no longer the union. I guess it's not unheard of for USAPA to expect the same... And the NMB doesn't seem to object to this.