Originally Posted by
WhiskeyDelta
The LOA you brought up becomes null and void once CPZ leaves the DCI network, no?
Where in the LOA does it say that? They only got that additionaly amount of large RJ's because of the flow down. We need to at least press the issue. If we lose so be it. But this just isn't a concern for the bottom 500 but for everyone but the most senior as it serves as a strong deterent against any furlough, which benefits almost everyone.
They agreed to a flow down because they got a flow up.
Not exactly. The LOA was a carry over from NWA getting scope relief for the CPZ operation and the large RJ's it allowed in the first place. That was a significangt scope concession on the part of NWALPA and their biggest achievement was getting the flow down to mitigate some of the negative aspects of it in the event of any additional furloughs. The flow up at the time it was negotiated literally applied to no one since those were new positions to be staffed in the future. The company got the large RJ's (35ish?) only because of the flow down. The flow up was just something nice to have. Even when it was terminated the flow down remained at that time.
So, IMHO, we won’t gain another flow down unless we grant a flow up to that large RJ operator.
This isn't another flow down, its the one currently in the existing binding LOA. There is no relief in that LOA absolving the company of it due to any successorship issues that I can read from it.
This is a very valueable part of te contract to simply let disolve for nothing in return. We need to press this issue and if we lose so be it. But 500 downside positions are very valuable if we need to use them, and still a valuable deterrent to even have to use them in the first place.