Originally Posted by Davetastic

This is absolutely NOT what this latest ruling was about! The latest decision was to determine if this court was going to rule whether or not we will be allowed to negotiate our contracts separately or if we must arbitrate our contracts. The court decided that this motion was a "minor dispute" as defined by the RLA and as such minor disputes are subject to arbitration. Consequently, that decision (whether we will arbitrate our next contract or separately negotiate) will be decided by an arbitrator.

The court made zero reference to how "far apart" the company and the union are in work rules. In fact, the court even said that it is undisputed that the Atlas and Polar pilots are subject to their respective CBA's. The judge even went on to say that the terms of the JCBA are not at issue and neither Southern nor Atlas are seeking to change the provisions of the CBA!

The APC forum is so infested with union plants that will say anything to further an irresponsible and ineffective narrative to drive an attrition based tactic to force the company into negotiating a contract. Even THE JUDGE said that in this latest filing that the UNION position to argue against this latest motion that the company filed was ineffective!

If you are going to quote lawsuits, at least keep it FACTUAL!