Originally Posted by
Tornado875
So will the LOA help with the SLI at all? Does the higher wages/401k/etc increase the pilot groups leverage for SLI mediation? Or is it basically a wash?
The ALPA manual says:
Seniority List Integration (SLI): Section 45 of the ALPA Administrative Manual sets forth the procedures for integrating pilot seniority lists when two or more ALPA carriers merge. Under ALPA policy, the SLI process should not begin until there is a ratified Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement. At that point, policy provides that the MEC Merger Committees first attempt to negotiate an agreement on a fair and equitable single seniority list. According to ALPA policy, construction of a fair and equitable seniority list should take into account career expectations, longevity, and status and category. If the Merger Committees are unable to construct a single list based on these principles on their own, then the issue
is submitted to mediation and, failing that, mandatory arbitration before a three-member board.
Most arbitration boards have considered that “career expectations” will refer to the career expectations at the time the individuals accepted employment, not based upon subsequent changes. But if the two MECs can’t hammer it out on their own, the mediators have the final say.