Below is the latest MEC "fastread", no mention of/or how, if at all the MDA guys are included.....
How does that song go? Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind.....................
MEC message on the October 24, 2005 establishment of a Policy Initiation
Date (PID)
Yesterday, your MEC Chairman Bill Pollock, along with America West MEC
Chairman JR Baker, made a presentation to ALPA's Executive Council
concerning the implementation of a Policy Initiation Date, or PID. Both
MEC Chairmen discussed with the Executive Council the merits on when a
PID should take place, and the Executive Council determined in its
ruling that "a reasonable probability of a merger being consummated
exists."
Therefore, the PID of October 24, 2005 was established for the merger of
US Airways and America West by Executive Council resolution. Recall that
the declaration of a Policy Initiation Date is the initial step in the
procedures for seniority list integration. The Merger Policy defines the
time for a PID as the date on which "a reasonable probability of a
merger being consummated exists . . . ." Additionally, ALPA
International President Duane Woerth decided that in light of the
discussions that took place yesterday before the Executive Council, an
extension of time of 30 days should be granted to complete the ALPA
Merger Policy requirements of part 1F and commence negotiations under
Part 1G. Part 1F, Verification and Exchange of Employment Data,
specifies the verification and updating of employment data of flight
deck crew members.
While much of this information has already been prepared by your Merger
Committee and Merger Counsel in anticipation of this announcement, this
officially begins the merger process with America West, as required by
ALPA Merger Policy. Please continue to stay updated on merger
developments by accessing the Merger Committee Q&A online form on the
pilots only website, as well as using the code a phone and attending
your LEC meetings, since the Merger Committee has been present at many
of these meetings to answer pilots' questions.
The resolution passed by the Executive Council on the establishment of
the PID is posted on the pilots only website under What's New.
How does that song go? Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind.....................
MEC message on the October 24, 2005 establishment of a Policy Initiation
Date (PID)
Yesterday, your MEC Chairman Bill Pollock, along with America West MEC
Chairman JR Baker, made a presentation to ALPA's Executive Council
concerning the implementation of a Policy Initiation Date, or PID. Both
MEC Chairmen discussed with the Executive Council the merits on when a
PID should take place, and the Executive Council determined in its
ruling that "a reasonable probability of a merger being consummated
exists."
Therefore, the PID of October 24, 2005 was established for the merger of
US Airways and America West by Executive Council resolution. Recall that
the declaration of a Policy Initiation Date is the initial step in the
procedures for seniority list integration. The Merger Policy defines the
time for a PID as the date on which "a reasonable probability of a
merger being consummated exists . . . ." Additionally, ALPA
International President Duane Woerth decided that in light of the
discussions that took place yesterday before the Executive Council, an
extension of time of 30 days should be granted to complete the ALPA
Merger Policy requirements of part 1F and commence negotiations under
Part 1G. Part 1F, Verification and Exchange of Employment Data,
specifies the verification and updating of employment data of flight
deck crew members.
While much of this information has already been prepared by your Merger
Committee and Merger Counsel in anticipation of this announcement, this
officially begins the merger process with America West, as required by
ALPA Merger Policy. Please continue to stay updated on merger
developments by accessing the Merger Committee Q&A online form on the
pilots only website, as well as using the code a phone and attending
your LEC meetings, since the Merger Committee has been present at many
of these meetings to answer pilots' questions.
The resolution passed by the Executive Council on the establishment of
the PID is posted on the pilots only website under What's New.
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