Originally Posted by
Flyhigh44
Alpa merger policy will go into play. Pay rates will be raised at F9 to the current NK pay scale.
No. ALPA policy isn't remotely able to force an airline to unilaterally raise rates pending a JCBA, unless one of the CBA's has scope language to that effect.
The JCBA is where the three parties reconcile the two CBA's into one, and that includes the pay tables in the CBA's.
I've experienced two such mergers in the last decade. No raises until after JCBA.
Originally Posted by
Flyhigh44
Then the JCBA will be negotiated.
It will normally be negotiated after the financial M&A is complete, ie the check clears and the stock is transferred. Everything RLA is status quo in the meantime. Each labor group operates separately under their own CBA (including pay tables).
Originally Posted by
Flyhigh44
Pay rates have nothing to do with how a seniority list will be integrated.
That's true.
Originally Posted by
Flyhigh44
When Ual Cal merged and Dal/ Northwest. Pay was brought up to the higher or the two. Then a JCBA was negotiated with a seniority list.
I don't think that happened. If it did, it was either specified in one of the CBA's (possible) or a gift from the the company (doubtful).
Does NK or F9 have a CBA provision that specifies immediate snap up upon merger transaction?
Originally Posted by
Flyhigh44
JCBA usually is held up by one pilot group not the company. The company will want the synergies of a combined airline as fast as possible.
That's true.