From the Midwest MEC - Oct 23, 2009...
The high activity level that we started last week continues this week, especially for the Merger Committee. The MEC is continuing our work to ensure the ongoing representation of the pilot group after the flying ceases. To that end, we’ll be in front of the Executive Council and the Executive Board in Herndon next week.
The Merger Committee has been hard at work trying to reach agreement on an Alternative Dispute Resolution Process as provided for by section 13(b) of the Allegheny-Mohawk LPPs. This section provides for the parties to reach an agreement on their own process to settle the dispute as opposed to the process defined by the LPPs themselves. The committee had several conferences with the merger representatives from the other pilot groups and they report that they are close to concluding a 13(b) Agreement with the other pilot groups involved. The agreement must still be accepted by Republic Airways Holdings’ VP―Labor Relations, Ron Henson, who has been unavailable due to personal matters. We expect this issue to be finalized early next week and as soon as it is we’ll let you know. If agreement is reached, we’ll post the document for all to see; otherwise we will proceed under the other section of the LPPs and we’ll explain that more fully at that time.