clr4theapch
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Here is what is lame, a non-union airline coming in violating our contract and undermining our leverage.
Vtech,
Well said. I imagine all of this won't amount to a hill of beans. Some Skywest guys and some CAL/UAL guys will deny jumpseats and then it will all die down.
CALALPA will prevail in the arbitration though so at that point this flying will be in violation of the CAL contract. Knowingly performing flying in violation of another group's contract is not the most ethical thing to do. At that point is when I see a wholesale denial of jumpseat privileges to any group performing that flying.
You made a very well thought out and reasonable post though and it is refreshing to see on this site. Kudos to taking the high road. Hopefully everybody does.
You state this like it is a sure thing but clearly it could go the other way as well. I will be happy with either decision. I do wonder though if the decision will be respected. If it goes against CALALPA will the CAL pilots simply move on to the next issue? If it goes against United will there be fines (or other mechanisms) if they violate the ruling? Either way it won't make a significant impact on me as a Skywest pilot. We simply fly the aircraft our mainline customer wants us to fly to the city they pay us to fly it to.
You guys realize that the arbitration is only over using CAL flight numbers on the flights right? If CALALPA wins all they do is remove the CAL flight numbers and the flights operate anyway with only UAL numbers. Some of you act like they will change the schedules.
Then why doesn't CAL management just do that now and save themselves the hassle and cost of arbitration? Honest question.
Psychological warfare maybe? I dunno. But those flights will go no matter what the ruling. They probably like being able to sell the seats on continental.com and they figure its worth the fight. Why are you asking me why management does what they do?