Originally Posted by
TonyWilliams
So, buying XJT will also have absolutely nothing to do with whether it is ALPA or not. Obviously, Chip and Jerry aren't going to play games with the ALPA provisions in the XJT contract that seriously limit the company. But they've never once stripped a purchased airline of its crews to then rehire them at first year pay and seniority.
The XJT pilots will do that to themselves, or not. They will have to vote to accept the changes to the contract, or go down with the ship trying to keep them.
We'll negotiate with Chip and Jerry - we aren't going to vote something out of our contract unless we can put "something else" in there.