AA overreached

[Gman10]

AA denied contract rejection!!!!

 

[Mach85ER]

HOLY ####

 

[Gman10]

Pilots had the Nads!

 

[FWAAA]

Here's the 105 page decision:

http://www.amrcaseinfo.com/pdflib/4044_15463.pdf

Defects were codesharing and furlough changes.

 

[enough already]

source?

 

[Gman10]

Looks like AA will refile after some tweeks.

 

[FWAAA]

The judge made clear in the decision that he would approve abrogation if the codesharing and furlough changes were modified and ruled that his rejection was without prejudice (meaning that AA can file a modified 1113 petition correcting those areas) and he'll sign it. AA met the standards for abrogation exept as to the furlough and codesharing changes.

 

[Super FLUF]

Judge Sean Lane denies AMR management's motion

posted on August 15, 2012 16:51

APA INFORMATION HOTLINE​

This is APA Communications Director Gregg Overman with the APA Information Hotline for Wednesday, August 15.
JUDGE SEAN LANE DENIES AMR MANAGEMENT’S MOTION: United States Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane issued a ruling today denying AMR management’s motion to reject the Allied Pilots Association-American Airlines Collective Bargaining Agreement. Judge Lane filed his 106-page ruling electronically at 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time with no accompanying hearing, and your APA legal team is now studying it. Given the document’s size, we will largely reserve commentary until we have had the opportunity to conduct a thorough review.
APA President Keith Wilson will issue a follow-up message later this evening concerning Judge Lane’s ruling.
In the view of your APA leadership, AMR’s efforts to reject our contract constitute an admission of failure—failure to reach a mutually acceptable agreement with a vital employee group, and in a broader sense, failure to avoid bankruptcy and to present a credible vision for our airline’s future. To be clear, our airline’s future must include a consensual, industry-standard contract that properly recognizes the profession, our pilots’ sacrifices and our critical role in the operation of American Airlines.
If you have any questions, APA Phone Watch will be manned during regular business hours today through Friday. You may reach Phone Watch by calling 817-302-2395.

 

[anotherbrickinthebackpack]

wonder what chicken little has to say now.Now the F/A's can vote no.TWU are a bunch of pansies.

 

[Super FLUF]

A rare Chapter 11 victory for labor

posted on August 15, 2012 17:06


Fellow Pilots,

As you know, United States Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane issued a ruling late this afternoon denying AMR management’s motion to reject the Allied Pilots Association-American Airlines Collective Bargaining Agreement, marking a rare Chapter 11 victory for labor.

In his ruling, Judge Lane cited management’s stated intention of furloughing 450 pilots and the sweeping scope changes they proposed as areas where they did not make a sufficiently compelling case.

For many months now, we’ve emphasized that AMR management has overreached in their desire to extract more concessions than are warranted to support their reorganization plan in this bankruptcy. The bankruptcy process is designed to level the playing field with the competition ― not to bury us underneath it. Clearly management went well beyond what is the industry standard for bankruptcy contracts, and the judge recognized this in his decision today.

A large number of APA volunteers and advisers share credit for this favorable turn of events, including the lawyers at APA General Counsel’s office (including Kathy Krieger, Darin Dalmat, Danny Rosenthal, David Dean and Edgar James), APA’s in-house legal team (including Chuck Hairston), Fil Agusti and Joshua Taylor at Steptoe & Johnson, and Andrew Yearley and Ben Tisdell of Lazard. We would also like to thank the following individuals for their help drafting testimony and then testifying as APA’s principal witnesses in the case: Mr. Yearley, Negotiating Committee Chairman FO Neil Roghair, FO Jim Eaton (APA’s representative on the Unsecured Creditors’ Committee), APA Director of Industry Analysis Allison Clark and Technical Analysis and Scheduling Committee Chairman FO Larry Rosselot. Captain Mickey Mellerski, Captain Dave Brown, Captain Bill Boyd, FO Greg Shayman (who was instrumental in drafting APA’s declarations and analyzing management’s declarations), Scope Committee Chairman FO Tim Hamel, FO Tim Daudelin, FO Per Lovfald, FO Dave Durham, and Government Affairs Committee Chairman Captain Bob Coffman also deserve credit for volunteering to help the attorneys work through many of the difficult issues in the case. To these individuals and many others who have worked tirelessly on our behalf during the past several months, well done.

In voting down the tentative agreement, our membership asked the toughest question a labor union could ask in Chapter 11 restructuring: “what is behind that ‘1113 door?’” We now have a near-term answer—a significant setback for management, another set of 1113 court hearings and another round of bargaining.

The elation I feel today is tempered somewhat by my abiding frustration with AMR management for the many misjudgments they have made to deliver us to this juncture. AMR’s Chapter 11 filing was precipitated by AMR management’s actions—and all too often, their inaction—not by a collective bargaining agreement our pilots negotiated in good faith.

Does any right-minded person believe that erasing 60 years’ worth of bargaining history would result in a brighter future for American Airlines? Does anyone think that securing permission from a bankruptcy judge to reject our pilots’ contract constitutes effective employee relations? The answer is, once again, a resounding “no” aimed squarely at AMR management.

Your APA leadership is committed to securing a consensual, industry-standard contract that respects your sacrifices and recognizes your true worth as professionals. If AMR management one day secures the ability to impose arbitrary terms and conditions, they too will have to live with the consequences of their actions. One of those consequences will be to reinforce for all the fact that AMR’s bankruptcy isn’t just financial. Instead, what we’re seeing is a management devoid of constructive solutions to our airline’s problems, which should alarm everyone with a stake in the outcome of American Airlines’ restructuring.

As for how you can help to ensure the necessary course change, maintain professionalism at all times and do not let emotion influence your decisions. Management may be eager to engage in “hostage-taking”—don’t oblige them.

Please note that your APA leadership has dedicated additional resources to ongoing Strike Preparedness Committee operations, beginning with the resumption of Phone Watch.
If you have a question or concern, contact Phone Watch between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Central Daylight Time at tel. 817-302-2395. Also, we will be scheduling a new round of Family Awareness meetings across the system. Be on the lookout for meeting announcements and make plans to attend a Family Awareness meeting in your area.

Once again, with your decisive vote against the tentative agreement, you had the courage to ask, “What happens next?” I’m likewise certain that you have the necessary fortitude for the fight that’s certain to come.

So, while management has been denied the opportunity for now to shred our Green Book, I submit that the answer to that question is straightforward: what must happen next is appropriate recognition of our profession and our vital role in the airline’s operation.

In unity,

Keith Wilson
APA President

 

[FWAAA]

wonder what chicken little has to say now.Now the F/A's can vote no.TWU are a bunch of pansies.

Were it not for the unlimited domestic codesharing and the unlimited furlough changes, the Judge would have granted AA's motion.

AA stupidly asked for the moon in those two areas, causing the rejection. The judge ruled in AA's favor in every 1113 requirement except business necessity as to the codesharing and furloughs.

 

[anotherbrickinthebackpack]

Much respect to the APA for standing on their feet and not crawling on their knees

 

[iluvaa]

Thanks twu yes voters

 

[Tex-Mech]

Congrats to the APA on doing what the TWU has made clear is impossible. Much respect to those who took a stand.

 

[riceweevil]

I told everyone in several threads that Judge Sean Lane would not impose the Term Sheets.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You TWU Yes voters should hold your heads in SHAME for what you've done to our profession by approving the POS LBO 2.0 .
TULE drank the Sam Cirri Kool-Aid and now we are s-----d!