Originally Posted by
Smoked
Outsourcing to ASL is a separate topic, to my knowledge. But as many have pointed out, international rules dont allow us to control that aspect of their planning. I have seen the suggestion that a mutual agreement between the union and the company can exist and be free of the RLA restrictions, but has any other company successfully negotiated something similar?
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This is what UPS has negotiated… It’s an excerpt from their scope section of their 2016 contract.
All international flights presently conducted by IPA represented crewmembers will continue to be flown by such crewmembers. The Company will continually pursue additional route authority on a good faith basis. As the Company secures additional international route authority, it will take all reasonable steps to assure that such routes are flown by IPA crewmembers in accordance with this Agreement within two (2) bid periods of the date the route authority was granted.