Originally Posted by
Tropical
And the AirTran MEC also agreed to a staple with SWA, as the pilot groups sole bargaining agent. That would be a hard nut to crack in a rogue lawsuit. It has been done and it can be done again. In all of the recent contentious mergers it was because the union refused to go along with it
I was specifically refuting sailing's assertion that "No airline would agree to a staple instead of arbitration" as demonstrably false. 9E already has.
But to your point, the only path to that is a disgruntled 9E pilot suing their own MEC. If that's true, what would stop a disgruntled former-9E-and-current-DL pilot (who would be leapfrogged with a successful suit) from countersuing and winning?