USAIR East Pilots not alone.

[MCDU]

[FONT=ARIAL,]The Frontier Pilots Merger Committee members have brought a [FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit !important]lawsuit[/FONT][/FONT] in federal court against Republic Air Holdings and the individual Chairmen of the RAH Pilots Merger Committee, the Midwest Pilots Merger Committee and the Lynx Pilots Merger Committee. The plaintiffs allege "the Eischen Award is not fair and equitable within the meaning of Section 3 of the Allegheny/Mohawk LPPS" and that the Eischen Award "is null and void." When asked to comment, the RAH Pilots Merger Committee Captain Dan Sneddon stated, “FAPA believes the pilots of Republic, Midwest and Lynx have no right to integration with the Frontier pilots and it repudiates the arbitration award all parties agreed would be final and binding.

Below is purported summary of a lawsuit filed in federal court in Denver by the Frontier Airlines [COLOR=red !important][FONT=inherit !important][COLOR=red !important][FONT=inherit !important]Pilots [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=inherit !important][COLOR=red !important][FONT=inherit !important]Association[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR] related to the recently awarded arbitrated seniority list (reposted from Airlinepilotforums):

Section 13(b) Dispute Resolution Agreement governs the process of devising a seniority integration via the processes of negotiation, [COLOR=red !important][FONT=inherit !important][COLOR=red ! important][FONT=inherit ! important]mediation[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR] and then, if necessary, arbitration.

Section 13(b) conferred upon the arbitrator the authority to devise a “fair and equitable” seniority integration as defined under Allegheny/Mohawk.

Section 13(b) did not confer upon the arbitrator the authority to devise a seniority integration that is not “fair and equitable.”

Section 13(b) did not confer upon the arbitrator the ability to modify or limit any parties existing rights or obligations under RLA or existing CBA’s.
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[Raoul Duke]

doomed - just like USAPA

 

[Lampshade]

and the plague of entitlement continues to spread...

 

[ultrarunner]

It warms my heart to know that FAPA's legal team won't go hungry!

 

[Quiet Flight]

Unreal...

uke:

 

[becket]

Let me guess. lee Seham is somehow involved in this.

 

[Midge]

5 pages minimum......................Any takers?

 

[grog_sit_reserv]

4 pages, tops.

 

[redflyer65]

Here We Go!!

 

[LeeRoyJenkins]

The FAPA Merger Committee sure is deluded. First, they take all the credit for stopping the buyout by SWA. (Yeah guys you completely single handedly stopped SWA from buying you. )

Now this. Seriously, how more out to lunch can you be?

 

[MILPILOT17]

Hope Mr. Kelly is watching! This is what he'll get to enjoy in the next couple of years. We'll all get to look back and think to ourselves "it was a nice ride while it lasted". Best of luck to the SWA guys.

 

[Lear70]

I got $20 bucks on 20 pages. Minimimun.

Guess binding arbitration doesn't mean anything anymore. Let's just tie it up in legal battles for years and roll the dice that we can get some crazy judge to set a terrible precedent to negate "binding arbitration".

This kind of thing is getting out of hand.

 

[formerdal]

I got $20 bucks on 20 pages. Minimimun.

Guess binding arbitration doesn't mean anything anymore. Let's just tie it up in legal battles for years and roll the dice that we can get some crazy judge to set a terrible precedent to negate "binding arbitration".

This kind of thing is getting out of hand.

I have no dog in this fight but for an arbitrator to allow the merging of essentially mainline and regional seniority lists together shows how completely out of touch with reality he is. Just because an arbitrator decides it doesn't mean it is beyond reproach...

 

[ultrarunner]

5 pages minimum......................Any takers?

I'll take that bet, but Lear70 has us at 20 pages, so I raise to 25, plus a decert effort AND.....drum roll.........demand for DOH.....

Even though the latter might hurt 'em, they'll prly demand it anyway, seeing as how it's worked so well over at USAir.....


Next.

 

[MCDU]

These are the lawsuits pilots have to deal with when the gold standard DOH was abandoned by some pilot groups. All the DOH integrations work themselves out.Just wait til the SWA AAI goes down. Atlas and Polar are still separate. Abandoning DOH was opening up pandoras box.

M

 

[Sandhawk]

I guess getting stapled to the bottom of Southwest's list isn't looking so bad in hindsight??

 

[ultrarunner]

Enough of that! Three hours down and on the second page....this is about the beer bet, so let's stay focused!

 

[grog_sit_reserv]

I'm gonna' petition the mods to move this thread to the Nationals/LCC section.

 

[redflyer65]

Hate to throw a wrench in the works here guys, but you need to have a time from on the page count.

Some ground rules please.

 

[Midge]

I'm gonna' petition the mods to move this thread to the Nationals/LCC section.

Please, let's enjoy it for now. The mods will come in and screw it up for all of us!:laugh: