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MEC CODE-A-PHONE UPDATE - October 5, 2004
This is Jack Stephan with a US Airways MEC update for Tuesday, October 5th, with two new items.
Item 1. The MEC reconvened its meeting today in PIT, and after discussing the Transformation Plan TA with the Negotiating Committee and ALPA’s legal and financial advisors, overwhelmingly voted to send the Transformation Plan tentative agreement out for a membership ratification vote. This resolution has been posted on the pilots only website under “MEC Information.â€
Balloting will begin soon and will close at 10:00 a.m. on October 21st. Balloting information will be mailed and emailed to all pilots in good standing, announced on the code a phone, and posted on the pilots only website. Education materials will also soon be sent out, which will include a Chairman’s letter, the text of the TA, a TA fact sheet, and a detailed position paper listing advantages, disadvantages and the alternatives of the major Tentative Agreement provisions, as required by MEC resolution. These materials will also be available through mail, email and the pilots only website. Road shows have also been scheduled. The revised schedule is as follows:
Friday, October 8 in CLT at the Renaissance CLT Suites at 10 a.m.
Monday, October 11 in PHL at the Renaissance PHL Hotel Airport at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 12 in BOS at the Holiday Inn Boston-Logan Airport at 10 a.m.
Wednesday, October 13 in DCA at the Crystal Gateway Marriott at 10 a.m.
Thursday, October 14 in PIT at a location to be determined at 9:30 a.m.
The location of the PIT meeting will be announced on the code-a-phone and website as soon as it is available. The Comm Center will be reactivated shortly. The dates and times of operation will be announced on the code a phone and website.
Item 2. The (Philadelphia) Council 41 reps sent a letter to their pilots yesterday that compares our current contract provisions to provisions that they believed would be implemented if a judge would grant the Company’s 1113(e) motion, and also compares those items to provisions from the tentative agreement reached last week. This comparison is incomplete and misleading because an 1113(e) motion is for short term economic relief only.
The TA should be compared to long-term relief that would be sought in bankruptcy under the provisions of 1113©. According to our advisors, an 1113© motion would contain provisions no better than the TA, and could in fact, contain some provisions that would be much worse.
Please refer to official MEC documentation for your decision making. Make every effort to attend one of the roadshows. And as always, demand the facts, and take advantage of all the educational tools we will provide for your deliberations.
Please remember we have 1,879 pilots on furlough.
This is Jack Stephan with a US Airways MEC update for Tuesday, October 5th, with two new items.
Item 1. The MEC reconvened its meeting today in PIT, and after discussing the Transformation Plan TA with the Negotiating Committee and ALPA’s legal and financial advisors, overwhelmingly voted to send the Transformation Plan tentative agreement out for a membership ratification vote. This resolution has been posted on the pilots only website under “MEC Information.â€
Balloting will begin soon and will close at 10:00 a.m. on October 21st. Balloting information will be mailed and emailed to all pilots in good standing, announced on the code a phone, and posted on the pilots only website. Education materials will also soon be sent out, which will include a Chairman’s letter, the text of the TA, a TA fact sheet, and a detailed position paper listing advantages, disadvantages and the alternatives of the major Tentative Agreement provisions, as required by MEC resolution. These materials will also be available through mail, email and the pilots only website. Road shows have also been scheduled. The revised schedule is as follows:
Friday, October 8 in CLT at the Renaissance CLT Suites at 10 a.m.
Monday, October 11 in PHL at the Renaissance PHL Hotel Airport at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 12 in BOS at the Holiday Inn Boston-Logan Airport at 10 a.m.
Wednesday, October 13 in DCA at the Crystal Gateway Marriott at 10 a.m.
Thursday, October 14 in PIT at a location to be determined at 9:30 a.m.
The location of the PIT meeting will be announced on the code-a-phone and website as soon as it is available. The Comm Center will be reactivated shortly. The dates and times of operation will be announced on the code a phone and website.
Item 2. The (Philadelphia) Council 41 reps sent a letter to their pilots yesterday that compares our current contract provisions to provisions that they believed would be implemented if a judge would grant the Company’s 1113(e) motion, and also compares those items to provisions from the tentative agreement reached last week. This comparison is incomplete and misleading because an 1113(e) motion is for short term economic relief only.
The TA should be compared to long-term relief that would be sought in bankruptcy under the provisions of 1113©. According to our advisors, an 1113© motion would contain provisions no better than the TA, and could in fact, contain some provisions that would be much worse.
Please refer to official MEC documentation for your decision making. Make every effort to attend one of the roadshows. And as always, demand the facts, and take advantage of all the educational tools we will provide for your deliberations.
Please remember we have 1,879 pilots on furlough.
