Originally Posted by
echelon
1. Does JetBlue's contract prohibit arbitration and 2. Would it even matter if it does if Alaska is the acquirer? How does that work, does the acquiring party get to make the rules for that sort of thing or what?
1) Yes. 2) yes it matters, all contracts are enforceable in the event of merger and successorship. Otherwise airline execs would just set up new holdings companies, “acquire” the old airline, and just dump the contracts. It would just turn into an airline holdings group shell game and decimate labor. But, the acquiring company has to abide by whatever the existing contracts stipulate, as well as facilitates negotiations for a JCBA (as stipulated by B6 CBA, not sure what AS CBA says). B6 CBA requires a JCBA be negotiated prior to any integration happening. I think about 4500 pilots at B6 wouldnt ratify any JCBA that allows RJs, so that could be an issue for Alaska management if they were the enduring leadership of a hypothetical merged AS/B6.