Originally Posted by
Irishblackbird
Then why is the negotiation committee, and MEC so insistent we take this TA if it will be integrated by DOH only. Their angle is we do not bring enough equity to the table during the TPA if we lag behind so far in hourly rates. My understanding is it will be DOH, and relative seniority determined by perceived equity and career expectations. The last of which we will have very little with the TA and even less without it. Therefore I believe a new hire would fare much better at JB. Is this wrong?
1) They have never said that is DOH only for everyone.
2) Those hired at NK or JBLU after the merger announcement will be DOH, those prior will be decided by an arbitrator. So a newhire at any airline will be at the bottom, in DOH order, nobody will “fare much better”
3) arbitrators weigh career expectations and equities brought into the merger. The NC has made the case, correctly, that if JBLU is $80 more an hour than we are, the argument will be made that because NK benefits so much from contractual gains, it needs to be considered when deciding on an integration methodology for the pre merger hired pilots.