Originally Posted by
abxflyr
For ABX, the published duration ends 12/31/26 with a section 6 notice no earlier than 5/31/26. These are just play dates since a follow-on agreement will take a few years beyond this. ATSG is not the type of corporation to work with their labor groups and complete anything on-time/early. If history repeats itself ABX will get the chance to "come up to" whatever ATI/Omni achieve over these next few years....most likely we will not raise the bar, just meet it wherever the others are.
I know Omni has been mostly hands-off regarding the ATSG swamp, but I wouldn't be surprised to see that change. You too could be administratively in ILN, sharing dispatch, training, facilities, general resources, all while still being separate. I wish Omni the best in cracking their egg-heads at the mothership, its a joy riding on the ATSG Carousel of Progress (a Disney attraction).
CBA’s don’t end or expire. They just become amendable under section 6 rules. They can be amended before then by LOA at anytime. I think we’re on the same page.
ATSG already has been using our training center for classes for both sister companies. Omni has definitely changed since the purchase. Some things are better, some aren’t. Operationally, not many obvious changes, but lots of behind the scenes stuff. We owned our planes before. It cost us nothing to park one when contracts slowed; now we lease them from CAM. No flying, still have a lease payment. It’s just a money shuffle for ATSG, but to a moderator Omni isn’t making as much money…. If at all. It’s a shell game they all play. The required profit margin the company required per contract was lowered by ATSG as well…. After all, we have lots of lease payments now….
we’re all stuck together with the same master playing one against the other. If ATI weren’t ALPA, i’d like to have seen a single carrier petition or at least a merged pilot list. We could have done that now by fencing everybody currently on property, and all new hires go on a single list. With them being ALPA it’s more difficult. Eventually when all us old guys are gone, it’s a single list. Inter-company exchange (ICE) rules woukd beca good start too. Go over to any sister company with your company longevity, (not pilot list longevity) until it’s just single list folks.