I think the union has been trying to hold back this amalgamation thing in the hopes that the company would give up and negotiate. However management has done literally everything to see this thing through. Probably because the ability to merge endlessly into the future and never give pilots a chance to negotiate is just that appealing.

The negotiating teams had nothing to offer the company because the company wasn't interested in negotiating anything. They want to be able to hand a contract to the union dictated entirely by their wants and desires. How can any union negotiate when there is a way for a company to simply just get what it wants anyway?

That’s why I say to get both pilot groups together; negotiate an SLI, and make it effective upon ratification of a pilot ratified CBA. You’ve complied with the intent of the ruling.... yet it remains leverage to get section six concluded swiftly.

Not to wade into politics too much, but the NMB members are majority appointments by Democrats. I bet the current admin would likely eliminate agencies like the NMB as wasteful and interfering with free market negotiations by placing the thumb on the scale.... or in this case the full palm on the scale.

That would've been a possibility but the ruling inserted a "45 day" time frame into Southern's Contract language. Complete BS.... So Southern has 45 Days to come up with their version of the list.

That's not how this works at all. I don't know how to explain it to you any better.

Also... The ruling states that the Union shouldn't be allowed to use the SLI as leverage at all. Thus the "45 Day" rule.

Well, the court just said you’ve got 45 days. Apparently it’s exactly how it works. You can roll with the punches and try to make it work for you; or keep doing what you’ve been doing. It’s been so effective thus far.

I wish you guys well, I’ll keep showing up, marching and holding signs when I can. I’m no friend of these types of unscrupulous vindictive unethical management teams.

Is would be completed within 45 days. Just an effective date that would coincide with the new ratified JCBA so as to minimize transition difficulties.
Do it and make them go back to court trying to say they need the SLI effective now while there are two separate pilot contracts and two separate pilot group representatives. That sure will sound reasonable.

It sounds like a real mess. In either event the court order throws a big new wrinkle into the mix.
Keep up the good fight.

The court did not say we had 45 days. An arbitrator did. There is a very distinct difference. The arbitrator made up language to suit his ruling. A law suit to void his ruling is no doubt coming because of it. But our section 1 clearly states the union is to hand over a merged seniority list at which time the 9 month clock starts. Not a 9 month clock which can be voided I'd the union decides to change the date. This isn't the first time this has happened, this happened years ago already with Atlas/Polar and now management is trying to repeat history with Atlas/Southern. Our scope doesn't have any provision that allows for an effective date of the seniority list. So you can't keep it hostage.

Stand corrected; thank you