Originally Posted by
RJtrashPilot
I'm not a UAX pilot, but the UAL MEC would have to specifically define "struck work" to include UAX flying.
Being Skywest is non-union and does a lot of lift for UAX, you'd probably have most if not all of their pilots flying their normal trips, as they have no union to tell them otherwise.
Note: I'm not picking on Skywest guys, just stating the obvious.
Actually you are wrong on this.
In 2001 COMAIR struck, and SKW managment agreed to not require any SKW pilot to fly routes designated as struck work. I have no way of knowing for certain if anyone crossed the picket line....I tend to think not because the only 2001 scabs on the master list are comair pilots.
I think the vast majority of SKW pilots would honor a UA strike, assuming that the struck work could be identified.
The problem with identifying struck work these days is that the companies may have gotten smarter...
Struck work would logically be a route or flight segment flown exclusively by the striking group prior to the strike.
A lot of the DAL flying out of SLC is rotated between DAL, SKW, and XJT....month-to-month (even week-to-week) there are many segments which change around frequently enough that it would be hard to claim that segment as belonging to any one carrier. Of course there are still plenty of segments which are exclusive, just some that are not.
Anyway the challenge that UA alpa would have would be to issue a reasonable list of struck work...
If they get overly aggressive and claim segments which might reasonably belong to a certain regional, then those regional pilots might not be allowed by their company to honor those segments. That's the trick: keep the struck-work list realistic enough that you are not putting the regional pilots into a grey area with their company. This is particularly important with UAX, the majority of which is done by non-union SKW...management's opinion WOULD matter in this case.