This would be a side letter to both existing contracts. Imposing Nic without a full joint contract would be a gamble that they could get a judge to rule that USAPA wasn't acting in the spirit of the Trans Agreement if USAPA pursued legal action.
With a court's backing, the company can pretty much do what is needed to protect itself.
You don't get it either. The east group has a pension. It is administered by the PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY ADMIN. PBGC. It just is a different and lower value. The value also varies at the date and time benefits are taken.
Do you have ANY understanding of the RLA at all? This is ridiculous! How do you get a side letter in LUVN? Maybe that sheriff that puts convicts in tents might go for it.......
While USAPA's legal counsel tickles their ears and tells them they aren't bound by binding contracts (and anthing else they want to hear), the company isn't so naïve and blinded by raw emotion as USAPA's leadership. I think you can rest assured the company would never have signed a subsequent TA with USAPA knowing the west pilots were already gearing up for a lawsuit before USAPA collected its first dollar in dues. USAPA has made countless tactical and legal blunders, but even I wouldn't accuse them of failing to negotiate a new TA.
This is one of the strangest responses I have ever heard. I certainly would not admit listening to her........
The name of the CBA is irrelevant. The pilots elected to be represented by a Collective Bargaining Agent who has the legal authority to act on their party's behalf. If you have your real estate agent make an offer on a house and you change agents before you close, you're are still bound by the agreements you and your agent made. Walk away and you will forfeit your earnest money. This isn't the issue before the 9th circuit anyway, but why don't you cite a case where a party was excused from a legally binding agreement because they changed the agent who represented them when the agreement was made?
