Originally Posted by
Oldfreightdawg
We keep hearing AMR/AS. However AS wants to remain independent and AMR would have to make a hostile take over attempt. Believe it or not, it's not something they want to engage in. As far as seniority integration, ALPA's merger policy is now law. APA thinks that it would go to arbitration and follow the template of the USAir--America West integration. In that case the arbitrator didn't "see" the USAir East furloughs, so they got stapled behind the most junior America West guy. If that's the case, you should have about 2000 guys behind you.
The other scenario is that will will try to play spoiler to a NWA--Delta deal, or at least try to make it a more expensive deal. And lastly, when the limits of foreign ownership are lifted, will we either merge with BA, or be bought outright by Emirates.
Of course, tomgoodman's scenario is also a good bet.
[B][I]Hello, as a 22 year US Airways fellow, I do not understand why you say that ALPA Merger Policy is now law. Actually, ALPA did not follow it's own merger policy, leading to turmoil within the groups here. Avoid a windfall to either group is one tenant of merger policy, and there are others in the merger policy that were not heeded in the lopsided Nicolau "Award". The result is that by end of March there will be a vote to replace ALPA with USAPA (like APA). If this happens, there is a 90% chance of vacating the Nicolau award, according to 4 independant labor attorney firms. US AIrways MDA pilots (same as TED or Song) were treated as furloughed. These pilots won a suit against ALPA. The mess only increases daily with ALPA doing damage control and the local CLT 90 council refuses to hold a meeting as there is a serious recall effort. Again, ALPA decides what is best for them, and does not care to hear dissident views. The seniority issue is far from over, whatever the outcome may be. Those not in ALPA, count your blessings. It is a major corporation run amuck and only interested in more income to support the 450k /year salaries and huge pensions. I can understand why ALPA is trying to hush this up. ALPA is also ignoring the facts of the bill signed by President Bush regarding mergers, which uses the Allegheny-Mowhawk provisions of seniority for airline mergers, unless both companies are represented by the same union. If you both have ALPA, good luck. ALPA does not heed it's own policies.