Originally Posted by
Iceberg
Right, we all know that an organized (or something that could be argued to be organized) effort by the pilot group to not pick up extra flying would be grounds for the company to sue the union. What’s being asked, is can the company’s escalation of available opentime and the enormous amount of additional green slips awarded be considered the same type of action but with the company (not management, we know none of them are accountable, just the faceless company) at fault?
Is status quo actually status quo or is status quo a one-sided affair favoring the company? You know, cuz no one in management changed anything over the last few years or made decisions that may or may not have resulted in a lack of staffing, reduced schedule quality, excessive training events, or any other such things that are negatively affecting pilot’s lives.
Reading the case law was actually pretty helpful in answering my question. The sited case did reference standard industry practice in scheduling a percentage of open time. That would be the wording ALPA would try to show the company exploiting.
However, I believe the case would loose. Reading that case was a great reminder that the RLA is setup to avoid interruptions in commerce at the expense of employee rights. Oh well, back to the drawing board…