Cactusone

Late yesterday, February 27, USAPA filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for an injunction that would require the Company and APA to follow the provisions of the McCaskill-Bond Amendment (click here). In accord with Section 13 of the Allegheny-Mohawk LPPs, the suit alleges that more than 20 days have passed since the SLI dispute arose, that no agreement has been reached, that USAPA has requested a list of arbitrators, and that the parties disagree about the applicability of the McCaskill-Bond Amendment. The suit will be served today (February 28) on the Company (both American and US Airways) and APA. Under the federal rules of civil procedure, the defendants are required to “answer or otherwise plead” in 21 days.

The purpose of the suit is simple: to require the Company and APA to follow the requirements of the McCaskill-Bond Amendment, which requires a prompt “fair and equitable” resolution of the SLI dispute that arose when the two airlines merged. This has been carefully considered and is necessary to protect the seniority rights of our pilots. We will keep you informed of further developments.

USAPA Communications

Capt Hindsight

C1, the enemy of your enemy is not your friend in this case.

Capt H

cactiboss

Idiot. Go get a clue.

texaspilot76

Gee whiz. Here we go again. Same crap as the last 7 years.

A bunch of us have been excited about this merger and what it will do for our careers. Instead of being happy and looking to the future, we now have to look forward to endless court battles and appeals.

I pray the courts will strike down this crap once and for all so that USAPA will wither into dust and we can all get on with a promising career.

80ktsClamp

...and so it begins.

aa73

Really, USAPA??? I mean, come on... This smacks of nothing but delay tactics, knowing that the end is coming. You guys are gonna end up shooting yourselves in the foot!

EMBFlyer

Yet the BPR wants to remain in place. I can't wait until we have a ballot come out on which one of the reps gets to turn the light switch off in CLT.

R57 relay

Can you give me the APA perspective, as I don't APA updates? It seems to me that the APA is overreaching, based on Judge Silver's dicta.

MB was set up to give both sides of a merger rights. How does taking over the process achieve that? There seems to be a lot missing here.

texaspilot76

AA73, a good portion of us are ready to get the operations integrated so that we may enjoy the benefits of the New American. It is select group of arrogant, self serving egoists that is dragging this out. I even heard a senior East Captain state that he is sick of USAPA and is ready for APA to take the reins and get this merger complete.

Just know that a good portion of us are happy with this merger and ready to see it completed.

flyinawa

Just to be sure we all have this straight...

West pilots don't get independent representation because USAPA "fairly" represents *ALL* pilots....but APA can't be trusted to protect the interests of USAir pilots. OK. Got it.