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Trans States Holdings was merely a paper company that utilized the same officers as those at Trans States Airlines, Inc. Hulas Kanodia is and remains the CEO of Holdings and Airlines. GoJet filed for an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity on December 8, 2004.[/FONT]
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It’s important to note that in early spring 2005, TSA management engaged in a union busting campaign by wrongfully terminating 5 union officials in a short period of time. ALPA won or settled all these terminations in subsequent years.[/FONT]
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TSA MEC ratified a contract extension in 2002 for an additional 2 years. This extended the original CBA amendable date from July 31, 2004 to July 31, 2006. The GoJet LOA would have further extended the amendable date to 2010.[/FONT]
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These flight managers were directly involved in a previously unsuccessful attempt to launch a coup against the TSA MEC over the US Airways J4J Agreement and large jet pay scales.[/FONT]
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TSA MEC filed a grievance in 2005 citing violation to the TSA CBA Section 1 Scope as TSA management created an Alter-Ego for the purpose of avoiding the terms of labor agreement, especially how it related to the negotiations for pay scales of large regional jet aircraft. This grievance is still pending.[/FONT]
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Data Source – DOT Form 41 filing 2008.[/FONT]
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Data Source – DOT Form 41 filing 2007.[/FONT]
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The TSA Contract extension only served to fund the existence of GoJet.[/FONT]
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Accounts for life at GoJet are based on accounts from past and present GoJet pilots.[/FONT]
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Single Transportation System does not force the company to merge lists, operations or contracts, but only to structure itself so that a single representation unit is responsible for labor relations, i.e. one bargaining agent such as IBT or ALPA.[/FONT]
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GoJet presently has 19 aircraft and approximately 190 pilots. TSA has 37 aircraft and approximately 460 pilots with 150 in furlough status.[/FONT]
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[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']Disclaimer[/FONT]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']Every attempt was made to verify time lines and accuracy of factual details. This document should be considered a summary and does not account for every detail that transpired over the years. The source of this document is a Trans States Pilot who worked with TSA during the period of time discussed and was involved in many aspects of what took place.[/FONT]