Pinnacle/Colgan/Mesaba TA Countdown
11-15-2010 | 01:28 PM
#584
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From: CRJ FO
You heard it HERE FIRST!
I just got off the phone with Sister Cleo.
She said sit down and pour yourself a glass of crew juice.... then another...
Pinnacle will NOT agree to a TA with the combined pilot group. They will wait a few months for guidance from the NMB on how to continue negotiations with Pinnacle Inc. pilots.
After being iced out by the NMB for 6 months, Phil T. will generiously offer to hire all Pinnacle pilots under the Mesaba certificate at year 1 pay. Since it only took them 6 months to transfer all aircraft over to Mesaba everything is cool and they are ready for summer flying!
She said sit down and pour yourself a glass of crew juice.... then another...
Pinnacle will NOT agree to a TA with the combined pilot group. They will wait a few months for guidance from the NMB on how to continue negotiations with Pinnacle Inc. pilots.
After being iced out by the NMB for 6 months, Phil T. will generiously offer to hire all Pinnacle pilots under the Mesaba certificate at year 1 pay. Since it only took them 6 months to transfer all aircraft over to Mesaba everything is cool and they are ready for summer flying!
11-15-2010 | 01:28 PM
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I'm not saying they won't try, I'm just saying it wouldn't be legal, in which case the XJ guys may be able to accomplish something the 9E guys haven't been able to attain, the right to strike.
11-15-2010 | 01:30 PM
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On a side note, there is a loop hole
You just gotta send her a bucket of fried chicken and she'll approve ANYTHING!
11-15-2010 | 02:52 PM
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Be kinda hard since the XJ contract isn't ammendable. The JCBA process and the Section 6 negotiations that 9E has been mired in for the past several years are separate beasts. For XJ to "attain the right to strike," it'll be years after their current agreement is ammendable. If the two stay separate, the XJ pilots can't magically get the right to strike for the 9E guys. If the JCBA fails, don't look for XJ guys to be on strike for a LOOOONG time. At least, not legally. Would, as always, welcome the support at the 9E picket lines, though.
11-15-2010 | 04:27 PM
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Be kinda hard since the XJ contract isn't ammendable. The JCBA process and the Section 6 negotiations that 9E has been mired in for the past several years are separate beasts. For XJ to "attain the right to strike," it'll be years after their current agreement is ammendable. If the two stay separate, the XJ pilots can't magically get the right to strike for the 9E guys. If the JCBA fails, don't look for XJ guys to be on strike for a LOOOONG time. At least, not legally. Would, as always, welcome the support at the 9E picket lines, though.
If a company tries a major violation of a contract, which moving airplanes would violate XJ scope, and the union follows the procedures outlined by the RLA, then they would be able to strike.
11-15-2010 | 08:00 PM
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This instance has nothing to do with section 6 negotiations, but with what's considered a "major" dispute of a contract that falls under the RLA.
If a company tries a major violation of a contract, which moving airplanes would violate XJ scope, and the union follows the procedures outlined by the RLA, then they would be able to strike.
If a company tries a major violation of a contract, which moving airplanes would violate XJ scope, and the union follows the procedures outlined by the RLA, then they would be able to strike.
11-15-2010 | 08:00 PM
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From: CRJ Captain
Well We could all sit around and be angry and feel sorry for ourselves, or................
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8lT1...eature=related
Whats it going to be?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8lT1...eature=related
Whats it going to be?
Last edited by PinnacleFO; 11-15-2010 at 08:11 PM.
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