Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
I agree with this statement. The reason why this worries me is because a judge almost always sides with the company no matter how black and white the grievance. When Bedford tries to put the Frontier pilots on the Republic list, he is going to try and change your 77-99 seat classification into a 77+ seat classification and bring Airbus pay to Republic levels. I am glad the union is grieving this, but why don't the pilots just not fly the 190? After all, you have no contract to fly an aircraft with that many seats.
I know we have a ton of Internet wonders on here who don't work for RAH, but the facts (I know, odd, huh) is that there is 1 plane right now that is coming online with 100 seats and BB has basically MEL'd one seat so it's "legal" for us to fly. What nobody can guarantee to us is if it's a breach of our contract, thence why the grievance was filed. It's clear to me that BB is trying to get around the issue, but I don't see how an arbitrator could look the other way on this issue. 77+ seat classification? Now that's cute. Give it a rest..he can try anything he wants, but remember we have to vote on a new contract and when that goes to arbitration, no judge in their right mind would consider that.