Originally Posted by
MaxQ
From decades out of date experience at other airlines.
What seems reasonable and fair to the unions and employees doesn't seem to always match how the judge sees it.
in retrospect I came to the conclusion the judges rulings depend on his economic philosophy world view.
If he is pro corporate and antilabor he will rule along those lines.
That’s probably still the case to some extent. We (f9 alpa) filed a couple lawsuits against management and we did it in the state of Illinois
for that reason. Higher odds of drawing a labor friendly judge. Unfortunately we didn’t but the lawsuits were withdrawn when a ta was ratified.
Having said that judges don’t like to try and figure out cost savings with work rule changes. Time is limited. There’s multiple agreements being re negotiated. It’s not like a drawn out sec 6 negotiation. The mec can use that fact when negotiating to make the group whole in the future when profitability returns. Plenty of practice and there’s no logical reason management won’t agree to it. This is the exact scenario that makes work rules more valuable than rates imo. Cost’s being equal.