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Old 09-04-2009 | 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Killer51883
You are right its not a code share. However that section is still being followed. No Midwest Pilot can fly on either the RW, CHQ, or S5 certificate untill there is a master seniority list. At the same time no current RAH pilot can fly on the Midwest certificate (not that there is expected to be any flying on that certificate). No one has stopped integration talks. Just because it hasnt happend overnight doest mean its not going on. And if you think that we are just going to ignore the fact that the 190's physically have 100 seats and let the company pay us the 77-99 seat pay rate then you have lost all common sense. The union is all ready talking to the company about this and there is a system set up for the airplane to be operated while the pay rate is negotiated with back pay for when the rate is setteled upon.

On a side note; this company is very different from most airlines. They are very tight lipped on any information. They have the union sign confidentiality statements and that contributes to the utter vaccum of information that comes from the crystal palace up there in IND.
I think a reasonable person can see that it is a violation of your contract. It's obvious that this is the replacement of more experienced better paid pilots enabled by RAH pilots.

Funny how the teamsters were gung ho at getting the integration done until the complete furlough of Midwest pilots was announced. They even had a bunch of meetings scheduled and then all of a sudden "we aren't available and won't be for awhile" and you wonder why we filed for arbitration. Something your union said they would if they were in alpa's place.