Originally Posted by
qball
The company was out of compliance using EASK as a measurement. The switch to block hours suddenly puts them in compliance?
Yes it does. Nobody disagrees with that. So as you see, the JV grievance was rolled into C2015 after all.
Originally Posted by
qball
The promise of adding mainline aircraft for additional large RJs
The TA says nothing about "adding" aircraft. They could be replacements of older narrow bodies here now and that would be completely allowed. The additional jumbo RJ's still come.
Originally Posted by
qball
We settled the JV greivance for cash....supposedly outside of contract negotiations and within days of the settlement we now have the company in compliance with this new contract language. Am I missing something?
Yes. You're missing that the change to block hours will ALLOW management to move our euro flying to smaller lower paying equipment...and still be in compliance. Since there's no stated limit as to how small an aircraft must be used to satisfy this new block hour measurement metric, the company can go as small (and low paying) as they like. Only aircraft block hours will matter with this TA.
Carl