Originally Posted by
fosters
I'm pretty sure their ALPA contract stipulates that if there is no rate for a new aircraft, and the company cannot come to an agreement, it will go to arbitration and the rate will be "market average". So thanks to Mesa and Skywest...it's gonna be pretty low. Unfortunately.
The contract doesn't contain a "market-average" statement, but it does require binding arbitration if an agreement can't be reached within 30 days of the aircraft beginning operations. This is pretty standard for an ALPA contract.