The East, they don't want to hear, denial is a powerful thing.....
not to pursue the ALPA/Nicolau list in collective bargaining. These facts show that the
premise underlying the ALPA/Nicolau list—that America West was an economically
robust, successful, and growing operation that swooped in to save a bankrupt, withering
US Airways operation—was not true either when the Nicolau Award was issued or in
view of subsequent facts and events. To the contrary, but for the merger, America West
would have filed its own bankruptcy petition. The SEC 10-K filings show that during an
18 month period following the merger, the West operation lost $13 million while the East
operation made $556 million. And, since the merger West flying has significantly
diminished while East flying has remained stable or has grown such that approximately
335 positions that originated with US Airways are now being flown by West pilots.
These facts, along with the salient truth that a collective bargaining agreement that
included the ALPA/Nicolau list could not be ratified, fully justify a departure from the
ALPA/Nicolau list.
Moreover, the WPC