Bluestreak:
With the pending investment agreement(s) and if a third party investor(s) creates a holding company that acquires and operates both US Airways and America West, all current CBA agreements must remain in place. Then before the companies merge Joint Negotiating committee's must be formed and they must negotiate new CBA's before workforces can be integrated.
ALPA has begun the work of protecting pilots and the first step is to portect MDA pilots, since there is an investment and asset transfer agreement with Republic that could be executed (By the way -- I have heard that the US Airways-Republic agreement could be executed and become effective on June 1).
On April 18 the MEC passed the following resolution:
The MEC convened its special meeting today in Pittsburgh and after receiving reports from the Negotiating Committee and ALPA's legal staff and advisors, unanimously passed the following resolution:
WHEREAS it is essential that the best interests of all US Airways pilots are represented, and
WHEREAS in order to protect the interests of the US Airways pilots, it is necessary to enter into negotiations with US Airways management to reach an agreement that attains those goals, and
WHEREAS it is also in the best interests of US Airways pilots to protect their rights under the Collective Bargaining Agreement,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the US Airways MEC agrees to enter into negotiations targeted at protecting the jobs and seniority associated with MDA resulting from the Republic Holdings/US Airways agreement, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that those negotiations will take place in an expedited manner, and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED THAT the US Airways MEC agrees, that should those negotiations reach an impasse, it will file a grievance and agree to strike arbitrators, and enter into immediate mandatory mediation followed by arbitration, if necessary.
As events unfold the MEC's of all US Airways' airlines will work together to protect the careers of every pilot employed by US Airways Group.
Regards,
USA320Pilot