I see on another web page that Republic is repainting some of the E170s for Midwest Express, has US reduced the number of 170s that are flying express?
824MD is now repainted
Yeah and they are flying 17 too many airplanes and what exactly is the company doing about this?? What about RW buying Frontier and Midwest? They now own the competition and they need to GO!! All of this and 186 flight attendants in PHX are being furloughed.Republic removed 8 E170s from the USX fleet, in favor of 8 more E175s. Republic currently operates 20 E170s for USX; MidAtlantic has 28 at one point.
There is, but the wording is kinda weird, although lifted almost verbatim from the West pilots' contract.What does the scope clause say about the number of these jets? Is there a limit?
No strings attach scope. This one agreement counts for many jobs in all work groups. It affects everybody. That’s why management went after the east pilots first. I hope the language is strong enough to win arbitration. There was grievance file wasn’t it????????There is, but the wording is kinda weird, although lifted almost verbatim from the West pilots' contract.
By specifying maximum seating and weight but no minimum, it could be interpreted to mean that any RJ no bigger than the maximums given counts toward the 93. Obviously that isn't the case. However, I think the union is interpreting it to include the CRJ-700's as well as the 900's and E-170/175's which results in the claim than the company is 17 RJ's over the limit.
Jim
No strings attach scope.
This one agreement counts for many jobs in all work groups. It affects everybody. That’s why management went after the east pilots first. I hope the language is strong enough to win arbitration. There was grievance file wasn’t it????????