I do believe you are correct about more Line stations closing before single certificate is obtained. Cities where both airlines currently have mechanics will need to thin the ranks before "Merger day."
I hope both sides will give instead of just PMUS side.
It might not be so bad in the larger hub stations but, small places like san, atl, tpa etc...we might see some shifting around.
Now on the Heavy side are they going to keep PIT, CLT and TULE doing the heavy checks?
Or will in the future will it all be done in Tulsa? (what is not sent to outside vendors)
How much sense does it to make operate 3 heavy locations? Synergies...
I know people will come on here with their little IAM CBA quotes but I believe that book will be void in the future when we do the Joint Agreement (transition) at merger time. NO way in hell PIT and CLT heavy will remain protected. It will be TULE or China. As a junior Mech. with US Airways I might end up in Tulsa for a while.
If I am not mistaken did Doug promise "no Layoffs after the merger" or something to that effect?
So it makes sense if he is going to do some head cuts to do it before SOC. I'm sure he is a man of his word and can be trusted to do what's right for his hard working employees that helped him get to where he is today........Right?
Just kidding . Wanted to see how many of you read the entire posting🙂