Erndogg
Well-known member
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2004
- Posts
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I'm pleased to announce that ALPA reached agreement with the Company
earlier this morning on a revised TA. The MEC fully endorsed this TA at
their meeting earlier this week, and we will offer it to the membership
with a recommendation that you approve it. We feel the Revised TA
addresses many of the concerns expressed by the membership when they
voted down the previous tentative agreement last month, and offers the
best deal available to us while still giving us the ability to further
negotiate improvements in the future.
At this time our Negotiating Committee is going over the legal language
of the LOA that will be sent to you for ratification. Once our review is
completed we will be giving you extensive details of the Revised TA and
how it differs from the previous proposal. We anticipate beginning the
ratification voting early next week, with voting ending on Tuesday, May
10.
Thank you for your support and your patience throughout this lengthy
negotiating process. We firmly believe that allowing the bankruptcy
judge to impose a contract upon us via the 1113 process was a lose-lose
situation for everyone that would have resulted in a significantly
inferior contract, as well as drawing out the bankruptcy process even
further. By reaching a deal with the Company, we will protect the heart
of our contract, allow our airline to emerge from bankruptcy, and retain
a strong bargaining position for future section 6 negotiations.
Please continue to monitor your e-mail and the FCIS for further
communications explaining the TA and setting a schedule for the
ratification voting.
In Unity,
Kirk McBride, MEC Chairman
earlier this morning on a revised TA. The MEC fully endorsed this TA at
their meeting earlier this week, and we will offer it to the membership
with a recommendation that you approve it. We feel the Revised TA
addresses many of the concerns expressed by the membership when they
voted down the previous tentative agreement last month, and offers the
best deal available to us while still giving us the ability to further
negotiate improvements in the future.
At this time our Negotiating Committee is going over the legal language
of the LOA that will be sent to you for ratification. Once our review is
completed we will be giving you extensive details of the Revised TA and
how it differs from the previous proposal. We anticipate beginning the
ratification voting early next week, with voting ending on Tuesday, May
10.
Thank you for your support and your patience throughout this lengthy
negotiating process. We firmly believe that allowing the bankruptcy
judge to impose a contract upon us via the 1113 process was a lose-lose
situation for everyone that would have resulted in a significantly
inferior contract, as well as drawing out the bankruptcy process even
further. By reaching a deal with the Company, we will protect the heart
of our contract, allow our airline to emerge from bankruptcy, and retain
a strong bargaining position for future section 6 negotiations.
Please continue to monitor your e-mail and the FCIS for further
communications explaining the TA and setting a schedule for the
ratification voting.
In Unity,
Kirk McBride, MEC Chairman
