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Why don't the East and West get together and work things out instead of going head to head and slowing killing their company in the process.
Unbelievable. This situation gets worse by the day. Parker must be proud...
What would have happened if this merger never happened?
Would both still be around?
Neither?
Just wondering...
While the East and the West are for the sake of a common name, US Airways, they are operating under 2 separate contracts. The West has a seniority list and the East has theirs. The West side is loosing flying time so the furloughs are in inverse seniority on the West side. Consequently, the furloughs on the East are in inverse seniority on the East side. It is true, some of the furloughed West pilot were hired years ahead of the still working East pilots, by virtue of separate contracts, they will get furloughed before the East.
I hope that clears up the confusion.
Right. And if the arbitrator had decided to staple 2/3 of the West (aka DOH) you'd be advocating the East give it up in the name of unity? Gimme a break.Even the west should have just said no to the arbitration, knowing it would create problems for an airline that doesn't need any more issues.
Ah, yes, that old strategy called "Blame the Victim". The West should've just done everything we could to appease the East. Right.After seeing the uproar on the east, the west MEC should have realized this isn't going to work, and moved toward something better for both sides.
Not true! They could've chosen the path of integrity and showed they understood that binding arbitration means binding. After all, if binding doesn't mean binding why go into arbitration at all? The West didn't know how Nicolau was going to rule.That left the east with no choice but to use every option to fight this thing.
The West has no representation! USAPA is run by the East for the East. The West has no authority to throw anything out even if we wanted to. The time for negotiation ended last April. Now there's only litigation and acrimony until the last day. Only one side can end the dispute. And they won't.Both sides need to throw out the arbitration,
Great idea. That's what Nicolau did. You have read the Nicolau Award, haven't you?... and replace it with an even slotting, with protections for ALL.
Agreed. Nicolau agreed as well.You should be protected for the assets your company brought to the table.
Oh, really? At the time of the merger the most junior FO at US Airways was like a 1988 hire. Why should the most junior East FO be made senior to West captains? Can you tell the difference between seniority and longevity? Hint: one has nothing to do with years of service.The east guys/gals just want to keep what they had before, and the same for the west.
all this does is further destroy an airline that has been going through this since PSA and USAir and even before that