Pi, I really do not like to respond to most of your post because you are almost as reasonable as say Piedmont1984 and similar posters, and I do not like to rile what amounts to the only east posters with any measure of sanity, particulary ones such as yourself who saw the RICO for what it was and fought against that kind of discrimination. But, since I threw the jab by mentioning you specifically in my post you are repling to here,,,well here goes.
You are correct, the TA calls for seperate ops until a JCBA. However, the TA's intent was not to allow a prolonged seperate operations. That idea first came about when a certain ALPA BOS rep declared that is how the NIC would be handled. With a permanent seperate ops. The same rep who became a usapa advocate, and might be guilty of dual unionism, and the theft from ALPA of the West pilots contact info?????
But, specifically on the topic of seperate ops. Who decided to prolong seperate ops well past any "transition" period, and why? I would argue that it was the east pilots by voting in usapa, and they did it to specifically avoid the NIC, while reaping more benefits of the merger while handing the West the bill for the mergers liabilities.
On a completely different topic. The back and forth with Boeingboy is getting old. I totally get the child molester by association thing, and it was wrong to make that implication. But, BB is under no obligation to be the board moderator. Just as I am under no obligation to call out Move2clt for over the top post. If we had to self moderate this board, perhaps you would call out Claxon when he makes a comment like.."all Franke air pilots either had no degree, had a violation or a conviction, or all three". C'mon, Claxon is a liar and makes completely false post every time she hits the add reply tab, but nobody is calling you out on it. Yet, you keep calling out BB for not picking apart over the top West posts? I do not get that.