Originally Posted by
ackattacker
There are West pilots who went East. Then got rearranged on the East list.
There are even furloughed East pilots who took recall to the West at one point.
There are retirements, furloughs, medical leaves, military leaves, voluntary leave of absence, deferred recall, management pilots etc.
Some (not all) of those things can result in slight reordering of the list or leapfrogging, yes. It needs to be addressed.
So, just to be clear, the NIC LIST adjusted the relative seniority of some US/AWA pre-merger pilots from previous positions on their respective lists at the time the list was constructed by Nicolau, i.e., that some pre-merger East pilots became more senior to East pilots they were previously junior to and/or likewise for some West pilots ?
Originally Posted by
ackattacker
Point is the Nicolau award as published doesn't represent any existing seniority order and doesn't even include all the people on property.
The Nic only would apply to those pilots covered in the award. All those junior would have to be integrated based on whatever the West felt was fair in the total make-up of whatever position they take.
Originally Posted by
ackattacker
Second point is that the Nicolau award is a "list" with East pilots on it. The PA is very clear that any West Committee doesn't represent the East Pilots. So how can they present a combined list? All they can do is present their list and argue for how it should be combined. They can say "combine it just like Nicolau" but they can't present the Nicolau list as an accomplished thing.
Not so sure about that. It's my understanding any party can argue for any methodology they so choose and that would include the argument by the West that the only recognized list for US Airways pilots included in the Nic should be the Nic (which only applies to pilots covered by the Nic). Of course, the East will propose something different and APA something different then the other two positions. It's the arbitrators who decide what to weigh and count or discount in crafting their final list.