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MEC CODE-A-PHONE UPDATE - November 6, 2002
This is Roy Freundlich with a US Airways MEC update for Wednesday, November 6:
The MEC convened its special meeting today in Pittsburgh and received reports from the Negotiating Committee, the ALPA MidAtlantic Negotiating Committee and ALPA’s Financial and Economic Department. These reports were presented in both open and closed sessions and addressed the status of MDA negotiations, the Company’s request to operate 70-seat small jets under US Airways code at affiliate (non-wholly owned) carriers, and the current industry and Company issues concerning revenue performance and projections.
The MEC voted today to accept a management request to meet with the MEC in closed session. US Airways Senior VP, Employee Relations, Jerry Glass; Senior VP, Corporate Development, Bruce Ashby; and Director of Labor Relations—Flight, Tony Bralich addressed the MEC today in closed session. Management’s presentation focused on issues concerning the Company’s financial performance, projections and expected modifications to its business plan. In open session management answered questions about its request to operate 70-seat small jets at affiliate carriers, which included the following responses:
• The filling of Jets for Jobs vacancies is projected to begin in the first quarter of next year with US Airways affiliate Express carriers. Twenty aircraft are scheduled to be introduced at affiliate carriers throughout December, January, February and March.
• Midway Airlines should begin operating in the first quarter 2003. Midway is currently the only affiliate carrier that has agreed to participate in Jets for Jobs. Discussions with Chautauqua and Mesa are continuing.
• If additional 70-seat small jets are placed at Mesa Group, they would likely remain at Mesa for 10 years due to commercial agreement provisions, which means that they could not be moved to MDA after MDA’s operational startup. It is likely that additional 70-seat small jets would be placed at Freedom Air [whose establishment as an alter ego airline at Mesa Group is being challenged by ALPA International].
• Management restated its commitment to starting operations at MidAtlantic Airways as soon as possible.
Your MEC representatives expressed to management their condemnation of alter ego airlines in general and Freedom Air in particular. Management said this issue was being addressed with Mesa management.
This is Roy Freundlich with a US Airways MEC update for Wednesday, November 6:
The MEC convened its special meeting today in Pittsburgh and received reports from the Negotiating Committee, the ALPA MidAtlantic Negotiating Committee and ALPA’s Financial and Economic Department. These reports were presented in both open and closed sessions and addressed the status of MDA negotiations, the Company’s request to operate 70-seat small jets under US Airways code at affiliate (non-wholly owned) carriers, and the current industry and Company issues concerning revenue performance and projections.
The MEC voted today to accept a management request to meet with the MEC in closed session. US Airways Senior VP, Employee Relations, Jerry Glass; Senior VP, Corporate Development, Bruce Ashby; and Director of Labor Relations—Flight, Tony Bralich addressed the MEC today in closed session. Management’s presentation focused on issues concerning the Company’s financial performance, projections and expected modifications to its business plan. In open session management answered questions about its request to operate 70-seat small jets at affiliate carriers, which included the following responses:
• The filling of Jets for Jobs vacancies is projected to begin in the first quarter of next year with US Airways affiliate Express carriers. Twenty aircraft are scheduled to be introduced at affiliate carriers throughout December, January, February and March.
• Midway Airlines should begin operating in the first quarter 2003. Midway is currently the only affiliate carrier that has agreed to participate in Jets for Jobs. Discussions with Chautauqua and Mesa are continuing.
• If additional 70-seat small jets are placed at Mesa Group, they would likely remain at Mesa for 10 years due to commercial agreement provisions, which means that they could not be moved to MDA after MDA’s operational startup. It is likely that additional 70-seat small jets would be placed at Freedom Air [whose establishment as an alter ego airline at Mesa Group is being challenged by ALPA International].
• Management restated its commitment to starting operations at MidAtlantic Airways as soon as possible.
Your MEC representatives expressed to management their condemnation of alter ego airlines in general and Freedom Air in particular. Management said this issue was being addressed with Mesa management.