Of course not. Just a promise to snap your fake unions neck fairly soon. You have nothing left in the delay tool bag. This is going to excruciatingly painful for you. What's it like to have forcibly wasted well over a billion dollars of your coworkers money, waste 5 years on an illegal goose chase, get stapled anyway , and forever be reviled as the scumbag, pig scab you are for the rest of your career?
I see a medical retirement in many of you founding scabs future. Call Cleary, he's got a head start on the insurance fraud scheme.
You have told us again and again how "fair" the Nicolau award is. Yet here you say that we will, "get stapled anyway". Which is it? Fair or a staple? Obviously it can't be both.
I have to say, I certainly don't think it has been a waste of money or a goose chase. Instead of being furloughed under the Nicolau award, I have remained employed and actually have been a widebody F/O for over a year (higher pay rate than any West F/O). And due to our attrition, I will likely be an A330 F/O by September. Hardly a waste of time or money.
I said almost 5 years ago that cooler heads need to prevail and both sides needed to come together and work something out. Unfortunately, too many on your side said Nic or nothing. That left us nowhere to go but USAPA. Funny thing is, you might have had your Nic right now if you had agreed to a 5 year fence. (I know, I know. It was the principle of the matter or integrity, or something). You'd have been making more for the last 5 years, would have still had your union (no USAPA!!!), and you would not have spent 4 million in legal bills to Marty Harper. But there was no compromise. (I know, I know. The Nic was the compromise). Instead you are still trying to fight and hope that you get what you want. Good luck is all that I will say. You are fighting an uphill battle.
Lets just say you get the Nic after a protracted court battle. That means another 3 or 4 years before you get what you're fighting for. That's 3 or 4 more years of PHX stagnation. Meanwhile 99' hires will be upgrading to Captain on the A320 and new hires will be taking A330 F/O slots. Think you'll get the Nic sooner than that? I will wager $1000 that even if (a big if) you win (nic unaltered), it will be 3 more years (march 2016) before you see it. By then it won't matter anymore. I absolutely believe in your rights to sue. I just wouldn't count my chickens before they hatch.
Think APA is on your side? Here are a few samples of posts from C&R (the APA message board).
"Wow, that is one screwed up list. When you see it in print WOW, what was that Nicolau thinking?"
"We absolutely can not get involved in this....Of course there is nothing wrong with Rooting for USAPA .... USAPA is the legal bargaining agent for the USair pilots, if they get to enforce their idea of a seniority list its VERY good for us..."
"That is a tough question as I am only familiar with the players on the APA Team. I would not want to be the "Test Case" for Bond/McCaskil as it is a very vague law. I don't think any of the parties want to go that route. I do beleive a negotiated SLI is possible with proper fences, equipment seperation, and future equipment designation. My major concern is APA selling our pilots grossly short as they did with LBFO1. The other problem could arise if USAPA tries to grab disproportional flying and/or equipment.
I am convinced USAPA does not want arbitration and will settle, as long as the Nicalou list is not recognized. Therefore, put me down for $10 on a negotiated SLI. Then the lawsuits begin. The other possibility is the parties settle on the majority of issues and send a portion to arbitration. I will stick my neck out and say it is 100% negotiated SLI"
"I agree with Xxx Xxxxx, the chances are that this SLI isnt going to arbitration. Chances are that USAPA will keep the Nic. Award tied up in the courts for another 2 years, and a negotiated DOH based seniority merge (with protections) will be hammered out between APA and USAPA. Neither of these groups want a relative position merge... so they won't chance it with an arbitrator. If AW guys want a 10 or 20 year fence around Phoenix, I'm sure APA/USAPA will be happy to oblige. If AW pilots sue, they'll be suing USAPA, which will be a non-entity after the merge. And yes, a DOH based merge is what should have happened with TWA."
Just something to think about.