Originally Posted by
SharkyBN584
So basically now that Eagle has all "their" airplanes back from TSA they can furlough. Not forgetting TSA had to furlough a bunch of guys when they lost the Eagle airplanes. So essentially, ALPA screwed everyone on this deal? If I was airline management, I would be laughing really really hard at the irony of all this.
How did ALPA screw anybody here? TSA had been flying AMR airplanes under a contract. Anybody taking a job at TSA was free to read the rulings from AMR/TSA/Eagle arbitrations and clearly see that based on the argument AMR used to win the arbitration, that eventually that contract would be gone.
Losing flying is something of a greater risk when the flying your doing isn't your own to begin with. That holds true across the board, not just at TSA. In most cases the subcontractor can hopefully bid on flying to replace what's lost. In the TSA case, it was obvious to anybody who ready the rulings, that eventually the flying - and the airplanes - would be gone. No airplanes, no way to bid on replacement flying... expect furloughs.
If the colors and logo on your jet don't match the source of your paycheck then how can you complain when the owner of the logo recalls their planes..... and how could ALPA be responsible for any of that?
But essentially you are correct in one regard. The planes had to return before they could easilly furlough.