Originally Posted by
FliFast
\Secondly, as merger mania becomes the catch phrase, I would offer an educated guess that pilots at the weaker carriers are reminiscent of the fate of the TWA pilots and are speaking up that they don't want to merge. Some may argue, a merger will help keep me employed. I offer, as a 1995 hire at TWA, I was laid off in 2003, and my current airline is my third since.
FF
Well, if I'm not mistaken, the Allegheny-Mohawk Labor Protective Provisions used in 1972 by the CAB are federal law now. It is no longer possible (in theory) for one group to take advantage of another; at least to the degree that the AA pilots took advantage of the TWA pilots.
Too bad those LPPs were not applied to your merger with AA. Turns out a "promise" from the APA do treat you fairly instead of the Allegheny-Mohawk LPPs isn't worth much. You would probably be a mid-seniority FO I would guess. Of course, AMR claimed they would buy TWA only if the merger protective provisions in the ALPA contract were wiped out.