Originally Posted by
shoelu
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;
So many things wrong with your statement above.
How about this. On that phone - one of the many questions dealing with the worry by SW pilots that SWAPA and SWA agreed to the language, signed the document which talked about going to arbitration. 1. Do you remember the answer given by a "KEY INDIVIDUAL" ?
You said you were on the phone call. After listening to that call -
Shoelu, do you think an Arbitrated list would have been implemented by SWA if it was considered onerous by SWAPA ? That is the real question ?
To expand on another answer given by a SWAPA NC "KEY INDIVIDUAL"-
Shoulu, tell me where in the Process Agreement, that everyone signed, when would your CBA apply to the AirTran Pilots? Better yet, also answered in the phone call , that so many deny, where in that process agreement does it spell out the implementation schedule if there is an arbitrator's award. I say award because that is the phrase used - remember Shoelu? We can go all day.