Originally Posted by
satchip
That is what gets me. We get assurances that it doesn't violate our contract but our reps are not telling us exactly what the lawyers told them. I want to hear WHY it doesn't violate our section 1.
Originally Posted by
DeadHead
Good question, I would also like to know the exact "legal" answer to this.
The conspiracy-theorist side of me tends to think it has something to do with ALPA courting the Republic pilots.
The legal answer is that it DOES violate our Section 1 but we have not enforced it in the past with AA Eagle at LAX and the lawyers claim that "past practices" will doom us in the System Board. They might be right. But now we'll never know.
Management's argument:
How to Win Past Practice Grievances, Chapter One