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Yours truly TOOL..
Dear stripped wrench,Originally Posted by LittleBoyBlew
So tell US mighty eaglefly... In the grand scheme of things. Once OUR AA/US SL is arbitrated and award announced, would you accept a number junior to a US new hire currently in our last new hire class?? Now be truthful to yourself and all that lurk here..You have obviously picked sides in OUR little tug of war. Something tells me you may have an acquaintance on the west list...Or perhaps your alliance to Mr. Nicolau and/or ALPO is stronger than your logic. After all, he too handed you a golden ticket..Yours truly TOOL..
First I'd have to START with a reasonable position to merge seniority lists for credibility. I wouldn't support a straight staple of all or virtually all US Airways pilots below AA pilots. THEN after that, should negotiations fail between two parties with realistic expectations and my union CHOSE to accept the risks of binding arbitration as opposed to a negotiated settlement, I would accept the result even though I may not like it. That's what happens when your union WILLINGLY AGREES to a process. For the record, I despise ALPA and would rather join the manson family. Their record as a labor advocate for pilots is abominable as evidenced by the TWA debacle and the Midwest representation just to name two. But arbitration is a gamble and the risks are there and guess what ?
That's EXACTLY what's going to happen in our little SLI. I can't control it, but I'll accept it. You won't find me whining like an infant and throwing my strained beets across the APC Forum kitchen and declaring those who I have disagreements with "punks" or implying inferiority.
What I would NOT advocate is what the majority along carrier lines CHOSE to support once that gamble didn't pay off. Tough to look in the mirror, you see..........
As far as my "golden ticket" to AA (and this is getting to be a pathetic broken record), that was not provided by an arbitrator, but negotiated between two unions in 1997. The TIMING and methodology (as part of a "recall") of my arrival to AA I had no control over and frankly would have preferred making more money where I was while those who wanted or needed employment got it and THEN I could have come over as my seniority (established previously) would have only improved my QWL when I arrived. Of course, no one asked my opinion.
Signed,
Bird with still unruffled feathers.