Mesa and the crystal ball

[JoeMerchant]

Ummmm, okay. How would they take only the ORD crews? I could see the ORD flying, and maybe the planes, but how could they take only a part of a seniority list? Is this possible?

....it has been done before and a lot depends on the agreement and the Mesa fragmentation language....

.....just one example is the PanAm deal with Delta.....Some of the PanAm pilots came with the routes.....which resulted in another ALPA lawsuit (Duke/Spellacy)....

 

[islandhopper]

Ummmm, okay. How would they take only the ORD crews? I could see the ORD flying, and maybe the planes, but how could they take only a part of a seniority list? Is this possible?

Something like seniority merger, only in this case it would be a fragmentation clause.. I am not sure if Mesa has one. It would depend on the language and what #'-ages trigger it. ORD is less than 20 airplanes for Mesa isn't it? Thats less than 10% so if the fragmentation language was 10% the swap would probably not trigger it Mesa would either furlough pilots or be a little closer to a proper staffing formula.