What's the Latest at ASA/Expressjet?
#4492
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2006
Position: EMB 145 FO
Posts: 425
Well... actually, ASA bought you with money from SkyWest Inc. when the buyout first took place (before the TPA) you were a wholly owned sub of ASA, not SKYW because they wanted to shield the non union side. So technically ASA did buy you. Not that it matters.
Somewhere along the line one of your union know it alls deduced that being bought could hurt your negotiating position, particularly in the SLI, so they told you all to spin it that you weren't acquired and are on the same level as us. You all foolishly seem to believe if you say it on enough forums it will become true. Of course it won't, but under modern merger law and policy, being acquired doesn't automatically lead to a staple job like it used to. I'm sure the arbitrator with give you guys something. Maybe a 1:3 like Pinnacle or a 10 year upgrade cap like AirTran. You never know. Either way, this annoying spin of who bought who on the forums is needless at best and annoying for sure. But I don't think any experts (outside of the pipe experts) disagree that Expressjet Airlines would have been out of business by now had the not been purchased, regardless of whoever actually bought you.
Somewhere along the line one of your union know it alls deduced that being bought could hurt your negotiating position, particularly in the SLI, so they told you all to spin it that you weren't acquired and are on the same level as us. You all foolishly seem to believe if you say it on enough forums it will become true. Of course it won't, but under modern merger law and policy, being acquired doesn't automatically lead to a staple job like it used to. I'm sure the arbitrator with give you guys something. Maybe a 1:3 like Pinnacle or a 10 year upgrade cap like AirTran. You never know. Either way, this annoying spin of who bought who on the forums is needless at best and annoying for sure. But I don't think any experts (outside of the pipe experts) disagree that Expressjet Airlines would have been out of business by now had the not been purchased, regardless of whoever actually bought you.
#4493
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2012
Position: PNF
Posts: 622
Any word on contract negotiations? They've been pretty quiet recently. But as always "We're close!"
#4495
Banned
Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: EMB 145 CPT
Posts: 2,934
Somewhere along the line one of your union know it alls deduced that being bought could hurt your negotiating position, particularly in the SLI, so they told you all to spin it that you weren't acquired and are on the same level as us. You all foolishly seem to believe if you say it on enough forums it will become true. Of course it won't, but under modern merger law and policy, being acquired doesn't automatically lead to a staple job like it used to. I'm sure the arbitrator with give you guys something. Maybe a 1:3 like Pinnacle or a 10 year upgrade cap like AirTran. You never know. Either way, this annoying spin of who bought who on the forums is needless at best and annoying for sure. But I don't think any experts (outside of the pipe experts) disagree that Expressjet Airlines would have been out of business by now had the not been purchased, regardless of whoever actually bought you.
Anyway, SLI, like any SLI will be argued on the merits that each side make to a neutral arbitration panel. The semantics of who bought who are irrelevant.
#4497
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Joined APC: Sep 2012
Position: FO
Posts: 268
Passrider.com not working for anyone else? Anyone have a better site that doesn't exclude airlines such as southwest?
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