Originally Posted by slowplay

Sure I can. Just like Tanksley, et. al. Anybody can sue. To win you generally have to have a case.

The tempest in a teapot brewing over there is over the perceived change in rolling of the cards for the APA process. A bunch of folks think that it is somehow related to the Anchorage base closure. It isn't. It's about PRIP.

As far as filling of vacancies, how many vacancies does a 15% systemwide reduction in block hours create? How many vacancies does a base closure create? How many vacancies does parking the entire fleet of 747-200's create? How many vacancies does parking 4 of 16 747-400 create?

Easy answer. Each creates displacements. No advancements. Those guys "held out" don't have vacancies to bid into. The results using the APA process would have been the same with or without MOU-7. The results of the PRIP would have been far different. Only 2 of 26 747-400 Captains that took the PRIP are leaving before December. Absent MOU-7 and their ability to hit their milestones, how many of the remaining 24 would have opted to stay?

The MEC directed that each pre-merger group benefit from its own PRIPS. It directed that each pilot be allowed to hit milestones. That's what MOU-7 does.

Some crisis. The misrepresentation to heat this teapot is ridiculous.