Originally Posted by
ProPilotBlue
We did NOT give up scope. That's not factual. We gave very limited relief to specific sections of scope, but the majority of the NEA was allowed under the current scope rules. By approving LOA 17, scope was protected from the arbitrator gutting it in his decision.
And at any rate, a joint collective bargaining agreement will need to be negotiated if the merger happens. All of that will be up for grabs, and can be regnegotiated.
Originally Posted by
jpso
What, if anything, changes between a merger and an acquisition?
In either a merger or an acquisition the restrictions in the current NK contract governing mergers and acquisitions must be either honored or renegotiated in a JCBA or (less likely) the two airlines run as parallel operations. So realistically you are talking a JCBA and if the leadership of the two unions aren’t setting up a meeting for right now this week to negotiate the best JCBA possible they are not doing their jobs.