Originally Posted by
PurpleTurtle
The donations eventually got you guys a West committee, maybe ( a committee for the West was the right thing and would have happened anyway probably).
I'm not sure the litigation over the years accomplished anything, except delay. A new seniority list was never going to happen without a new pilot agreement. The long dispute just let everyone keep what they brought via separate ops (nirvana).
The new SLI will bring consummated nirvana😊 And then folks can finally let go of their ties, unless they want to hold on.
PT;
To be completely accurate the following statement from the Pre-hearing (should the West have a seat), espouses what EVERYONE but USAPA was thinking:
MR. MOLLEN: Right. Right.
But from our perspective, Your Honor, the Ninth Circuit has not ruled that the case isn't ripe, it held that it wasn't ripe.
Now that we've got the MOU in place and we're moving rapidly towards seniority integration under this merger the question of whether USAPA has to come to that particular integration process with a Nicolau-based list or not is ripe as it can be. It will never be more ripe. We are there, we have reached that juncture…….
NEAL D. MOLLEN, ESQ., DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP Special Aircraft Counsel to the Debtors
US Bankruptcy Court Transcripts: April 3, 2013
The West got the seat at the table because USAPA could NOT possibly be expected to FAIRLY represent the former AWA pilots in a seniority integration. That was proven beyond a shadow of a doubt.