Originally Posted by
Active Shooter
Uhhhhh..... He's NOT a pilot.....
Do you feel better now that you've got the rant off your chest? Bottom line is you are ACMI no matter how you spin it. NMB realizes that you are ACMI and will ensure that you are paid ACMI rates and nothing more.
The NMB is involved to determine whether or not there exists or there has ever been a process or precedent establishing the cessation of Section 6 with anything other than the ratification by Union membership after the conclusion of the negotiation process.
Given that both Pilot groups having already accomplished thru their specific "Opener" requirements have in fact entered into Section 6. These processes by both Union and Company have and were acknowledged prior to the acquisition announcement by management.
Its the position of the Union and supported by past case history that Section 6 for Both parties must be allowed to continue to its final outcome before entering into a JCBA process.
The current position of the company by virtue of statements by the COO, is that the current situation is solely to delay or as he stated "To Get duration" out of the existing CBA. With that in mind, the current delay is a tactic by management to delay Section 6 for both carriers. Oddly, this is counter to what the company thru its middle management has put out.
Its debatable as to the specific purpose, but with the recent approval of $66.6M in compensation to the board, it appears that a possible change of ownership may be the ultimate reason for the intentional delay by the company in the process.
Despite all that, never mind the specific contracts having language allowing for Mergers, the process of Section 6 having already commenced must first be taken to its ultimate conclusion before proceeding with the merger provisions of the CBA.
The NMB will have to decide the merits of those facts.