Dave Benjamin
an over 40 victim of fate
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Recently an anti-union pilot said that certifying ALPA would be detrimental for SkyWest pilots due to merger language contained in ALPA contracts. His opinion is that a merger would lock SkyWest pilots into strict DOH integration should the parent company of SkyWest and ASA ever decide to merge the two groups together.
I don't understand the intricacies of the ALPA merger manual or the background of the Allegheny-Mohawk protocol. However I feel this individual is drawing a false conclusion regarding DOH integration being the only possible outcome. My limited understanding of ALPA merger protocol makes me believe that many factors are taken into account when deciding on a merger protocol, one of which is preserving career expectations. Also I think the pilots of a financially strong company tend to fare better than the ones of a struggling company that was sold to raise survival funds.
My intent of starting this thread is to talk a bit about historical precedents and about the ALPA merger protocol. Hopefully this remains strictly hypothetical since the CEO of the holding company has publicly stated there is no intent to merge the respective pilot groups. Hearing from pilots that have actually been involved during a merger, particularly between two ALPA represented groups would be very helpful.
I don't understand the intricacies of the ALPA merger manual or the background of the Allegheny-Mohawk protocol. However I feel this individual is drawing a false conclusion regarding DOH integration being the only possible outcome. My limited understanding of ALPA merger protocol makes me believe that many factors are taken into account when deciding on a merger protocol, one of which is preserving career expectations. Also I think the pilots of a financially strong company tend to fare better than the ones of a struggling company that was sold to raise survival funds.
My intent of starting this thread is to talk a bit about historical precedents and about the ALPA merger protocol. Hopefully this remains strictly hypothetical since the CEO of the holding company has publicly stated there is no intent to merge the respective pilot groups. Hearing from pilots that have actually been involved during a merger, particularly between two ALPA represented groups would be very helpful.