Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
Can you copy/paste your actual wording for that part of Sec 1?
Airtran language at the time transaction was announced:
In the event of a merger between the Company and another Air Carrier, where the surviving air carrier decides to integrate the pre-merger operations, the following procedures will apply:
Two bombs:
Guadalupe was not an air carrier and there is no language regarding an affiliate or entity that controls or is controlled by an entity or affiliate of an air carrier.
Decides: AirTran pilots left it up to the purchaser to decide to integrate them or NOT!
Our language requires a JCBA. The only way to accomplish this if the other CBA does not require it also is though the RLA process of Merger of Operations. This legal process (test) basically breaks/forces open the CBA of the purchasing airline's employee group for seniority integration.