Maybe someone would be willing to help clarify a couple questions I have. These are real questions, so please keep the flames to a minimum, I'm not trying to hurt anyone's feelings.
Have there been other mergers that set a precident regarding furloughees inclusion on a new seniority list?
I can't quite grasp the idea that someone who was furloughed and really had little hope of ever flying a USAirways jet again can now expect to be placed anywhere but the bottom of this new seniority list. Regardless of when they were hired. If we talk about "career expectations" and I put myself in the shoes of a USair furloughee, my expectation before the merger would have been that I needed to get hired at a different airline.
Does the arbitrator use the ALPA merger guidelines as his guide through the merger decision?
If not where does he base his conclusions?
Thanks in Advance.
Have there been other mergers that set a precident regarding furloughees inclusion on a new seniority list?
I can't quite grasp the idea that someone who was furloughed and really had little hope of ever flying a USAirways jet again can now expect to be placed anywhere but the bottom of this new seniority list. Regardless of when they were hired. If we talk about "career expectations" and I put myself in the shoes of a USair furloughee, my expectation before the merger would have been that I needed to get hired at a different airline.
Does the arbitrator use the ALPA merger guidelines as his guide through the merger decision?
If not where does he base his conclusions?
Thanks in Advance.