SWA/Airtran Seniority SL10 Outsider Thoughts
10-13-2011, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
Just for fun- this is what the merger looks like to me:
Clampster, that picture is disgusting on so many levels, I cant stop staring at it. I guess that might be what you meant.
10-13-2011, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by scambo1
Clampster, that picture is disgusting on so many levels, I cant stop staring at it. I guess that might be what you meant.
Yeah.. they are compatible, but good gosh....
Besides.. when I saw that picture, what has been seen cannot be unseen. So I had to share.
10-13-2011, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler
I didn't say they were stupid. I said they and their union made probably the worst decision in all of aviation history.
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10-13-2011, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Andy
NewK, Southwest has already made enough rumblings that they'll dissemble AirTran if this goes to arbitration. Whether or not MB's constitutional wasn't really where I was going on this ... I was thinking more in terms of trying to enforce MB after Southwest has divested itself of 51+% of AirTran.
The point on individuals' rights is that you can't disallow an individual to resell property if they no longer desire to keep it due to unforeseen issues.
I was looking at this more along the lines of how is MB going to be enforced if the purchasing carrier decides to not integrate the acquired carrier into a SOC? Look at American and American Eagle - they stay on separate operating certificates. If United buys Skywest, are they required to integrate seniority lists under MB? The big hole in MB is combining into a SOC. Can Southwest be forced into a SOC? I don't think so but I guess we disagree on this critical point.
The point on individuals' rights is that you can't disallow an individual to resell property if they no longer desire to keep it due to unforeseen issues.
I was looking at this more along the lines of how is MB going to be enforced if the purchasing carrier decides to not integrate the acquired carrier into a SOC? Look at American and American Eagle - they stay on separate operating certificates. If United buys Skywest, are they required to integrate seniority lists under MB? The big hole in MB is combining into a SOC. Can Southwest be forced into a SOC? I don't think so but I guess we disagree on this critical point.
I don't think M/B is about forcing a company to keep assets of an acquired company. Without taking the time to look at it again, to me it seems M/B is about merging seniority lists of the two company's employees.
Can SWA be forced into a SOC after they announced intent to merge the two companies? Probably not.
Can SWA be forced to take the other company's employees along with an arbitrated seniority list. I can't say for sure, but maybe.
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