Originally Posted by
Brakes Set
SWAPA and SWA had an agreement and made the SW pilots aware that there was NO INTENTION OF IMPLEMENTING A SENIORITY LIST FROM AN ARBITRATED AWARD.
Originally Posted by
4th Level
You're mistaken. We knew of no such agreement.
Originally Posted by
Brakes Set
Direct question several times. What happens if the AirTran pilots force the negotiations to Arbitration? Direct answers by your NC chair and a few others on the committee.
It was absolutely never said that:
"SWAPA and SWA had an agreement and made the SW pilots aware that there was NO INTENTION OF IMPLEMENTING A SENIORITY LIST FROM AN ARBITRATED AWARD." If you listened to that call you know this to be true.
Any such agreement would have neccisitated running AirTran separately which would have required membership ratification for any length of time past 24 months which was allowed in the SWAPA CBA for an acquisition.
The ONLY way to maneuver around the Mccaskill-Bond statute would have been to not combine multiple air carriers into a single air carrier. Not combining the carriers is strictly prohibited by Section 1 of the SWAPA CBA. That section could ONLY be modified as outlined in the CBA and modification is not allowed without membership ratification. Without a vote to scrap the industry leading scope clause it couldn't happen.
Mccaskill-Bond states:
The statute applies when two or more air carriers are involved in a "covered transaction," described as:
A transaction for the combination of multiple air carriers into a single air carrier;