Originally Posted by
dontsurf
just so i understand this correctly: you're saying it's specifically in the expressjet pilot contract that if expressjet gets bought by some other company, the expressjet pilot seniority list must merge with all the other seniority lists of all other companies owned by the company that buys expressjet? if that's the case, then i see what you mean about a "make or break" vote by expressjet pilots.
The contract says (over 12 pages so I'll paraphrase) that any CAL flying done by any corporation that owns us or buys us will be done by ExpressJet pilots and it will be done with one senority list. The contract also states that all the merging needs to be done in 9 months from the sale so that we don't go into a 5 year contract negotiation.
There is some less iron-clad verbage saying anyone we merge with will put ALL pilots on one list (not just for the CAL flying) but it isn't specifically worded to a buy-out and that may be it's falling point. The specific CAL scope is IRON clad and those are the pages JA wants removed.
Of course to make the changes JA wants the whole pilot group would have to vote on a proposal from the MEC, if they come up with one that SKYW will go for.
There's the make or break vote.