US Airways seeks declaratory judgement on pilot seniority issue

[B-atch]

Things are about to get interesting.......

 

[RiddleEagle18]

http://www.thestreet.com/story/1081...urt-for-seniority-ruling.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEFI

 

[TWA Dude]

My non-expert legal opinion is the court is unlikely to release the company from liability. If that becomes the case USAPA's reason for creation will be moot.

 

[Draginass]

One more reason that US Airways is the Leper of the airline industry. Nobody wants to touch it.

 

[General Lee]

Regardless of what happens, everyone KNOWS the East guys are a bunch of BABIES. Don't sign up for binding arbitration if you don't intend to follow the judgement. Cry baby arseholes!


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[Old School 737]

My non-expert legal opinion is the court is unlikely to release the company from liability. If that becomes the case USAPA's reason for creation will be moot.

I agree! If the courts say the NIC is invalid or they don't have to use it then a whole bunch of old "binding" cases will be reopened. What a mess that would be.

But why does Dogggie want it resolved? He will have to pay more for a new combined contract while now he has cheep labor.

 

[AutoBus]

USERPA is in full PANIC MODE!

 

[hockeypilot44]

I agree! If the courts say the NIC is invalid or they don't have to use it then a whole bunch of old "binding" cases will be reopened. What a mess that would be.

But why does Dogggie want it resolved? He will have to pay more for a new combined contract while now he has cheep labor.

First off, I don't work for US Airways. LOA 93 expired December 31, 2009. The company has chosen to ignore this fact and is still paying LOA 93 wages. My understanding is this is going through the grievance process and the company will probably lose eventually. That will bring the wages back up to near Delta wages. I'm guessing the company wants a new contract before that happens. If the company does lose the LOA 93 arbitration before a new contract is signed, it may have to pay back-wages. It also doesn't help the company's cause that it just showed a record profit second quarter.

 

[Guppiedriver]

First off, I don't work for US Airways. LOA 93 expired December 31, 2009. The company has chosen to ignore this fact and is still paying LOA 93 wages. My understanding is this is going through the grievance process and the company will probably lose eventually. That will bring the wages back up to near Delta wages. I'm guessing the company wants a new contract before that happens. If the company does lose the LOA 93 arbitration before a new contract is signed, it may have to pay back-wages. It also doesn't help the company's cause that it just showed a record profit second quarter.

You couldn't be more wrong.

 

[J32driver]

Here is my hunch. With separate pilot groups, no-one wants to be the one to merge with that mess. If Dougie can get a judgment, and force them into one group...THEN he can marry the ball of crap off to AA and let the pilot groups be their problem!