Originally Posted by
PilotJ3
WHEREAS the Parties wish to ensure that Piedmont Airlines continues to operate.
NOW THEREFORE it is agreed that:
1. Piedmont Airlines Minimum Fleet Commitment and CBA "Snap Back"
a. Piedmont will maintain a minimum of twenty (20) airframes in revenue service to be operated
by pilots on the Piedmont Pilot Seniority List (“Piedmont pilots’) in accordance with the terms of
the Piedmont/ALPA Collective Bargaining Agreement (the “Piedmont/ALPA CBA”).
b. If the number of airframes in revenue service at Piedmont falls below twenty (20), the
Association will have the right by written notice to Piedmont to require Piedmont to put back
in place the terms and conditions of the 2013 Piedmont/ALPA CBA (the “snap back”) prior to
amendments found in the Jet Aircraft Letter of Agreement. The snap back terms and
conditions will be effective on the first day of the month following the one in which the
Association gives such notice.
c. The terms and conditions of the Career Opportunities Letter of Agreement will remain in full
force and effect whether or not the Association elects to snap back to the 2013 CBA terms
and conditions.
2. The Placement of EMB-175 Aircraft at Piedmont Airlines
a. Subject to the labor contingency found in paragraph 2.c., below, a minimum of twenty (20)
EMB-175 aircraft will be placed into revenue service at Piedmont Airlines to be operated by
Piedmont pilots in accordance with the terms of the Piedmont/ALPA CBA.
PIEDMONT AIRLINES PILOT AGREEMENT
Letter of Agreement 19 – Jet Aircraft: Appendix D – Aircraft Commitments
b. Twenty (20) additional EMB-175 options, if exercised or turned into firm orders of new EMB-
175s from the manufacturer, will also be placed at PIedmont to be flown by Piedmont pilots in
accordance with the terms of the Piedmont/ALPA CBA. In the event the twenty (20) EMB-
175 options are not exercised, and instead a new order is placed with Embraer, the first
twenty (20) the EMB-175 aircraft of the new order placed with Embraer by American Airlines
Group (AAG) will be placed at Piedmont and flown by Piedmont pilots in accordance with the
terms of the Piedmont/ALPA CBA.
c. The commitments in this paragraph 2 are predicated on meaningful participation in Jet
Aircraft Negotiations by other labor groups at Piedmont. The commitment for EMB-175
aircraft herein is contingent upon reaching acceptable agreements with the AFA-represented
Flight Attendants and the IBT-represented Mechanics and related employee groups.
Read the whole thing again. Exactly what I said and exactly what everyone in this pilot geoup has realized, the same planes are being dealt twice. That's a problem for both of our groups. A problem for AAG. A problem for ALPA. Probably ALPA more than anyone.
Read it again. They must enter MEANINGFUL Negotiations with IBT and AFA. Also re read paragraph 2 a b and c. The options are the issue.