JayDub
Make it so.
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What I have seen of the agreement...which is second-hand but from a reliable source is that the company can sell and must REQUEST preferential hiring for the pilots...not a lot of protection.
Also, I believe that EVERYONE is obligated for the two year contract such that if ANYONE goes to another carrier before 2 years you pay a prorated cost for training (i.e. if you go to say Fedex after working there a year, and the training costs 24,000, you owe them 12,000
Of course there is no scope and I believe they have already outsourced a small amount of flying to keep certain routes alive when airbus failed to deliver aircraft on time (like the one that was damaged at the plant)...I dont think this would ever be the norm because outsourcing to Evergreen or whoever falls way outside their model and delivers an inferior product in the view of the company.
Overall, what you give up in certainty and union protection, you have huge potential for success...ultimately a classic trade off of risk vs reward, and in this environment, a better option than most in my opinion.
Many scope clauses have a provision for short term wet leases in just such a case, though. So having a formal scope clause wouldn't have prevented it.
I am unsure about the training contract thing though. I have friends who were hired off the street (ie not furloughhees) and I'd swear I thought they had to sign something about not going with another carrier for 2 years or else they were obligated to pay something