Originally Posted by
RedeyeAV8r
I goota chime in Hear. What would you have The President of ALPA do in the case of an ALPA to ALPA merger? (i.e AWA and USAir).
Should he have taken sides and supported East Pilots over West?
Look I am extremely sympathetic to the USAir East because what happend to them could happen to anyone of us at a moments notice.
The bulk of what happend at USAir East was out of the USAir MEC and ALPA National's control.
The merger with AWest/ USAir was out of both MEC's and ALPA National's control. Doug Parker, The BOD and the Shareholders were in control.
The Seniority Integration was, however, between the MEC's of USAir and America West, and because both sides agreed to Binding Arbitration, was ultimately in the hands of Mr. Nicholau the Arbitrator. With 20/20 Hindsight, I am sure that USAir East pilots would not have agreed to Binding arbitration or would have at least altered their strategy/ demands. But we would all be Billionaires with 20/20 hindsight wouldn't we........except us Pilots that is
ALPA National cannot choose sides in a merger between 2 ALPA represented groups.
I agree with most of your post Redeye. I do however believe that it's clearly obvious to ALPA national that this is a windfall. The AAA pilot group is doing all that they can do to salvage what's left of their careers. Perhaps too little, too late. Always liked the AWest pilot group too, but this award sets a bad alpa/alpa precedent. Hope it works out for the best. Integration probably years away.