Legacy AA sue over SLI arbitration
01-31-2017, 05:14 AM
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Legacy AA sue over SLI arbitration
A group of legacy AA pilots have filed suit over the SLI arbitration award rendered in September of 2016.
The suit names the APA and American Airlines as defendants and alleges that the APA / American and the three member arbitration panel did not give proper weight to the superior career expectations of the plaintiffs. The suit specifically alleges that APA went to single carrier status with the US Airways pilots prior to working out a seniority arrangement that would have protected the interests of the plaintiff legacy AA pilots better.
The suit seeks a Temporary Restraining Order against AA from implementing the list, punitive damages against APA Officers and Board Members and damages against APA and American.
You can read the actual complaint, filed 1-27-17, on the first page at the bottom left of the following address: https://fairintegration.org/
My $.02. The company was largely neutral on the East West dispute because it saved them money. The company as a named defendant will be very vigorous in their own defense and most likely work closely with defendant APA to have this case dismissed. The company does not want a dispute to mess up the integration and hamper their consolidation of the overall operation.
The suit names the APA and American Airlines as defendants and alleges that the APA / American and the three member arbitration panel did not give proper weight to the superior career expectations of the plaintiffs. The suit specifically alleges that APA went to single carrier status with the US Airways pilots prior to working out a seniority arrangement that would have protected the interests of the plaintiff legacy AA pilots better.
The suit seeks a Temporary Restraining Order against AA from implementing the list, punitive damages against APA Officers and Board Members and damages against APA and American.
You can read the actual complaint, filed 1-27-17, on the first page at the bottom left of the following address: https://fairintegration.org/
My $.02. The company was largely neutral on the East West dispute because it saved them money. The company as a named defendant will be very vigorous in their own defense and most likely work closely with defendant APA to have this case dismissed. The company does not want a dispute to mess up the integration and hamper their consolidation of the overall operation.
01-31-2017, 05:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Allegheny
A group of legacy AA pilots have filed suit over the SLI arbitration award rendered in September of 2016.
The suit names the APA and American Airlines as defendants and alleges that the APA / American and the three member arbitration panel did not give proper weight to the superior career expectations of the plaintiffs. The suit specifically alleges that APA went to single carrier status with the US Airways pilots prior to working out a seniority arrangement that would have protected the interests of the plaintiff legacy AA pilots better.
The suit seeks a Temporary Restraining Order against AA from implementing the list, punitive damages against APA Officers and Board Members and damages against APA and American.
You can read the actual complaint, filed 1-27-17, on the first page at the bottom left of the following address: https://fairintegration.org/
My $.02. The company was largely neutral on the East West dispute because it saved them money. The company as a named defendant will be very vigorous in their own defense and most likely work closely with defendant APA to have this case dismissed. The company does not want a dispute to mess up the integration and hamper their consolidation of the overall operation.
The suit names the APA and American Airlines as defendants and alleges that the APA / American and the three member arbitration panel did not give proper weight to the superior career expectations of the plaintiffs. The suit specifically alleges that APA went to single carrier status with the US Airways pilots prior to working out a seniority arrangement that would have protected the interests of the plaintiff legacy AA pilots better.
The suit seeks a Temporary Restraining Order against AA from implementing the list, punitive damages against APA Officers and Board Members and damages against APA and American.
You can read the actual complaint, filed 1-27-17, on the first page at the bottom left of the following address: https://fairintegration.org/
My $.02. The company was largely neutral on the East West dispute because it saved them money. The company as a named defendant will be very vigorous in their own defense and most likely work closely with defendant APA to have this case dismissed. The company does not want a dispute to mess up the integration and hamper their consolidation of the overall operation.
01-31-2017, 05:32 AM
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Probably took a while to find a lawyer dumb enough to put their name on this stinker of a suit.
-Gonna be tough to find any judge or jury who will be sympathetic with the whole "we have always stapled, so we should be allowed to stapled again" argument.
-Gonna be tough to find any judge or jury who will be sympathetic with the whole "we have always stapled, so we should be allowed to stapled again" argument.
01-31-2017, 07:27 AM
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I hope none of the plaintiffs in this suit are also among those calling for the company to renegotiate the pilots' contract.
Remember, Parker used the interminable LUS West vs. East lawsuits as a convenient excuse to not come to the table to talk about a JCBA between those two sides; which is why the East and West pilots were on separate contracts right up until the JCBA with LAA.
Parker's excuse was that he couldn't enter into contract negotiations while the seniority list was still being disputed in court.
Those litigations lasted six years or so, and again, were only terminated by the US/AA merger.
2020 is only three years away.
Remember, Parker used the interminable LUS West vs. East lawsuits as a convenient excuse to not come to the table to talk about a JCBA between those two sides; which is why the East and West pilots were on separate contracts right up until the JCBA with LAA.
Parker's excuse was that he couldn't enter into contract negotiations while the seniority list was still being disputed in court.
Those litigations lasted six years or so, and again, were only terminated by the US/AA merger.
2020 is only three years away.
01-31-2017, 07:50 AM
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Many of the guys that put their name on that suit are angry that west guts hired after them are senior to them. Yet they are senior to east guys hired before them.
Money down a hole, but maybe it will bring them closure.
Money down a hole, but maybe it will bring them closure.
01-31-2017, 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by teddyballgame
I hope none of the plaintiffs in this suit are also among those calling for the company to renegotiate the pilots' contract.
Remember, Parker used the interminable LUS West vs. East lawsuits as a convenient excuse to not come to the table to talk about a JCBA between those two sides; which is why the East and West pilots were on separate contracts right up until the JCBA with LAA.
Parker's excuse was that he couldn't enter into contract negotiations while the seniority list was still being disputed in court.
Those litigations lasted six years or so, and again, were only terminated by the US/AA merger.
2020 is only three years away.
Remember, Parker used the interminable LUS West vs. East lawsuits as a convenient excuse to not come to the table to talk about a JCBA between those two sides; which is why the East and West pilots were on separate contracts right up until the JCBA with LAA.
Parker's excuse was that he couldn't enter into contract negotiations while the seniority list was still being disputed in court.
Those litigations lasted six years or so, and again, were only terminated by the US/AA merger.
2020 is only three years away.
And the west had a pretty strong case.
01-31-2017, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by LuckyNow
96 hires on the West placed in front of LAA guys that were hired 6 years earlier? Despite what you think about the suit, you should have seen it coming.
Those LAA guys ahead of me gained relative %.
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