I think we are looking at two different Ford v ALPA cases. From what I read it had nothing to do with a merger an acquisition clause or merging lists. DALPA was negotiating for scope limits on RJ's. ALPA national supported these scope limits. Ford feels that ALPA support for increased scope at DL is a violation of DFR. Ford also claims that ALPA did not process the grievance in a timely manner.

http://www.leagle.com/decision/20035...Supp2d271_1508

Summary:

This action results from a dispute between certain pilots for Comair, Inc. ("Comair"), an airline company that contracts with its parent company Delta Air Lines to fly part of Delta's routes, and their union, the Air Line Pilots Association ("ALPA") and its President, Duane E. Woerth (together, "Defendants"). Plaintiffs assert that Defendants, who represent the pilots for both Comair and Delta, breached their duties to Comair's pilots when they negotiated a collective bargaining agreement on behalf of Delta pilots that restricts the number and type of flights that Comair may fly. Plaintiffs also assert that Defendants breached their duties by fail process plaintiffs' grievances regarding these issues.

 

I know. You're correct. I just like owning him and his feeble-minded, emotionally-charged, lunatic-deduced, ramblings.

 

It amazing how people who left Endeavor years ago still think they know so much about the company just because "they have friends at Endeavor"

 

I've been eyeing Endeavor for a while because of the retention bonus. They came to a job fair at the flight school I work at, and I had been looking forward to it, but unfortunately it looks like the job fair was geared more towards our AMT students. I was basically wondering does Endeavor have different recruiters when it comes to Pilots, and AMT? Not to sound disrespectful because the person was nice but they sounded kind of clueless as far as how things worked with the restricted ATP and all.

 

Was the person from HR or wearing a pilot uniform? If not, I wouldn't expect him/her to know about the R-ATP.

 

Endeavor has started paying for some guys to attend an ATP-CTP course and then start a new hire class. There should be an in house ATP program in the near future.

 

Yea it's been a while since we had a job fair and I thought they usually sent a pilot down to the job fair. The person was in business casual clothes. Overall I'm glad they came, it just kind of surprised me, and thankfully I got my ATP written knocked out before the deadline last year so I don't have to worry about that.

 

It sounds like you had a mechanic come and therefor it probably was geared toward finding mechanics. If it were a pilot job fair, someone would have been sent that is a pilot and would have been wearing a pilot uniform. Possibly even fly in a CRJ-200 to look at. Go ahead and put in an application if you are interested. We aren't Spirit or Frontier. We offer interviews without attending a million job fairs first.

 

Why does everyone think unions control mergers and seniority lists and hiring. DALPA would have nothing to say about a merger. The COMPANY decides if they want a merger. The lists will then be merged under ALPA merger policy or federal law depending on the unions involved. DALPA can't add a single pilot to the seniority list nor can they stop the company from merging with all DCI carriers and adding all DCI pilots to the Delta seniority list. It's a company function unless specific to the contact. Even then in every case management decides if there will be a merger.

 

Since I have not seen it recently posted. Our latest SSP numbers have been passing high 80's and I heard last week has a pass rate over 90%. This is a big increase from the 50's and 60's. So I just wanted to point it out to those who care.