Originally Posted by
Purpleanga
What is on the CBA? That only AE can do AA flights in ORD? If it's because of outsourcing, Eagle has flown TSA and CHQ AMR flights as well.
Previously Eagle ALPA gieved the fact that 10 of our aircraft were leased to another carrier (TSA) to perform flying for AA. Our scope states that all flying performed in company aircraft in scheduled airline service be done by pilots on our senioirty list. "Company aircraft" are those owned or leased by the company and these were. "Scheduled airline service" however was flying already done by us and that apparently wasn't, but they (ALPA) argued that AMR Eagle did not "aggressively persue" this flying as per our CBA so they greived it...............and lost.
In one way this was bad (obvious), but in another way it was good.
The good part, was that in his decision to reject ALPA's argument, the arbitrator stated the reason was because this was flying not previously done by us, thus reaffirming our rights to flying currently flown by our pilots. Now, we have another carrier being brought in to directly take over some of our flying from our hubs in what appears to be a clear violation of our CBA.
I assume AMR is testing the water on this issue and this is a relatively inexpensive way to see if the bent arbitrtration system will once again reward big business with carte blanche to run roughshod over labor.
Ask most AA pilots about arbitration and you'll (rightly) get a mouthful. In deferance to the last arbitration and its award, this DOES seem like a clear violation, however, many of us are under no illusions about the NMB and who apparently butters their biscuits. Should AMR win, then they'll have a red carpet to complete their goal of just enough of our feed outsourced to prevent a strike as early as 2013 and to insure that we live on our knees in perpituity as well as those pilots brought in to fly this flying with the threat of contract termination every 4 years unless their labor costs are competitive with the other whipsaw victims.
A victory for them here will insure that ANY pilots flying AA feed will do so in domination under their terms or be disposed as well as existing under the constant threat of it between contract renewal dates.