Originally Posted by
skigambia
Take a deep breath everyone. We will continue to operate under our CBA until we reach a TA on a JCBA. Then we will vote to accept or send it back to negotiations. Spirit currently has more than 1k more pilots on property than Frontier giving that side more leverage to shape the results of any TA. Management knows that this is a time where many pilots have options, and recruitment is stressed, so strong armed tactics won't work.
Doesn’t the RLA have a process to combine contracts. There is also a process for an ISL to go to arbitration. I think if they go full hardball no one votes on anything. Although I think your right they won’t have the leverage.
I think giving the smaller airline the control was calculated in order to try to obtain as much leverage as possible, and not move all F9 pilots onto the spirit contract. ALPA can clearly cost each agreement and know who has the more lucrative one.
I think Atlas at first attempted to go through a combining process with Southern before they hammered out a joint deal.