Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
You must think we are stupid.
It is not up to management. It is a decision made by the National Mediation Board.
Did the company merge Northwest Airlines after a Single Carrier Petition was approved by the NMB? Of course they did. It is the law.
Why did ALPA use it's power as an exclusive bargaining agent and go through a legislative process to deny the application for a Single Carrier Petition? I mean, if it was "management" then why did ALPA officers do the dirty work? Why did they make the effort?
We negotiate with whoever management sends to the table. Management negotiates with whoever we send to the table.
So why did ASA not file a single carrier petition? Why did ASA and Comair not file to merge and have more clout? The answer with ASA is the outcome would not have been favorable. If Delta management thought there was any chance they would be forced to merge ASA they would have completed a sale in hours. Remember how SWA handled both Frontier and AirTran.