Originally Posted by
Trip7
XJT simply wants their contract honored. Skywest simply wants to honor the INTENT of your scope by providing the protection of your aircraft and jobs in exchange for not forcing union and non-union airlines to merge. If the intent of your scope is met, what more do XJT pilots want?
Valid point, but what was the "intent" of the "18 month pay freeze" at SKW a few years back?
I know the answer, but how long did that "18 month" freeze last anyway?
"Intent" or a "promise" is one thing, legally binding documentation is whole different deal.
Originally Posted by
TheBills
Thats just the surface of the issue. The real issue no one is really talking about, and that has to do with skywest trying to expedite the process of this merger so that the CAL/UAL pilots have little time to negotiate regional jets back onto their property, IMO. I think that is why CAL and SKW management are in bed together right now. Just think what a 10 year CPA would do to the UAL/CAL pilots efforts, it'd be quite a set back. Why else would skywest be knocking on our (XJT's) door?
Who knows what's really going on behind the scenes, but that's a valid point. JA may be trying to lock up the 50 seat feed to INC. since the possibility of losing 70 seat to CAL/UAL, as well as 70/90 for DAL if they tighten scope as well.