Originally Posted by
OpieTaylor
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.
FWIW they didn't hammer out a joint deal. Teamsters got destroyed at arbitration and Atlas walked away with a gift of a contract. The arbitration was so strong in management's favor, that management asked the teamsters if they could renegotiate rates and work rules to stem attrition. Teamsters played it terribly.