Originally Posted by
dontsurf
i can read, thanks. that's not what i asked. your other post insinuated that your pilot group would get a vote on whether or not the sale to skywest inc. could or would happen, separate from any vote done by the shareholders. remember, the board of directors cannot by themselves approve this sale, either. only the shareholders can. skywest inc. is offering to buy all outstanding shares of stock.
SKYW said they won't buy us unless we amend our contract. If we don't amend our contract they won't buy us. When the BOD/shareholders approve a sale, SKYW will come to the pilot group and ask us to amend the contract, the union will then negotiate with SKYW because we won't just throw pages our of our CBA for nothing... If the union gets a solution they see as "vote-able" the pilot group will then vote on the changes to the CBA, if we don't change the CBA (either becuase the pilot group votes it down or the union can't come to a solution with SKYW) SKYW has said they won't buy us. This would be the make or break vote you're talking about.
Originally Posted by
dontsurf
um...yeah. just like they merged SKW and ASA lists after Skywest Inc. bought ASA from delta. oh wait, they didn't do that. um...that must mean they whipsaw SKW and ASA against one another. oh wait, they gave us both raises. hmmmm...
ASA didn't have anything in their contract that SKYW wants to negotiate out, ASA had no leg to stand on. The XJT pilots do.
Originally Posted by
dontsurf
this doesn't make any sense either. "master" list comprised of whom exactly? expressjet pilots? don't you already have a list based on DOH? who else would you like to add to that list?
Comprised of all the pilot groups under the SKYW umbrella. So that when a furlough happens, or SKYW loses all the CAL flying our 20 year guys don't get sent to the street while SkyWest newhires stay put.