Originally Posted by
ChinsFive
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.
interesting. two different issues there, though. you already mentioned the CAL part. but this isn't a "merger", it's a buyout by what is basically a holding company, skywest inc. it'll be interesting to see how it all works out, negotiation-wise, between not only skywest inc. and the board of directors and shareholders of expressjet, but also between skywest inc. and expressjet pilots, with that issue.