Originally Posted by
Route66
There it is. If you are an American pilot...finally someone who comes to the realization of the reality of the MOU. Remember, you voted for it.
The company has ALWAYS been..."you want something, give us something in return or we just go to arbitration where you get less....probably." The reason for Jerry Glass's return is in preparation for arbitration. First with the F/A's and next with us.
You can say holdout on scope until 2019 under the CBA but rest assured the company will be ready for us.
If some of you are considering job action, you better rethink you're future because the law (as it stands today, anyway) will not support you. The courts have ruled in both USAPA's, APA's and Delta's cases that you WILL BE FINED and held in contempt of court if you do.
The West pilots were more than willing to turn in ANY East pilot whom they thought were doing a job action and their former MEC Chairman even asked Parker on company video how they could report them for it.
You can't trust the pilots of APA (new or old) do do anything....why jeopardize YOUR job? That's the reality.
This pilot group collectively gave up pay and retirement for over a decade so that these airlines could live to see another day. They worked longer hours with fewer benefits. They invested their lives in this company. When things were bad, management said, "We are all in this together." When the merger was being threatened, the company came to the employees and said,"We are all in this together." So the employees lobbied to help push the merger through.
Now when times are good this company proposes to be the only airline except for Spirit to not give employees profit sharing. Does management really think that arbitration is the way to go?