Originally Posted by
winglet
NoStep,
I am suggesting that with all this outsource-airline consolidation-merger-mania, I think people should read Section One of MAG ALPA's CBA. MAG pilots have been reviled and ridiculed for a decade, but in 2003 they made great sacrifices to secure
one seniority list under one holding company. There is a lesson others can learn from the experience of MAG ALPA.
Small-Carrier Bargaining Conference May, 2003
One List, No Whipsaw! Small carriers? Seems like we were on the right track once. It's time for another Small Carrier Conference.
winglet
Winglet,
Agreed that the position faced by MAG pilots with Freedom was tough, and could have left you open to an even more untenable position like TSA faced with GoJet, MAG pilots DID end up making concessions to achieve their resulting seniority structure. And we're talking about merging existing groups, not creating alter egos.
I'm not making light of the situation, and am sure others can learn from MAG, I just don't think it's a shining example of how things should be done. Maybe a better example would be the
process adopted by NWA/DAL. Yes, they're majors and the whipsaw situation was not germaine to their plight as it is to regionals, but the fact they could secure a SLI without being concessionary is a better model, IMO.