I don't think you are going to see the Jazz guys walking the picket lines in support of the AC pilots. There is too much bad blood and conflicting interests. There is no way that either one of these groups is going to walk the line in supprt of the other's seperate contracts.ok, maybe it's been asked before, but I don't remember. Will Jazz pilots picket with AC pilots when it comes time, or will they be flying their asses off?
As much as we would like to pretend there is a new generation of pilots moving into both airlines, the fact is, there is an overlap on some flying that both sides would like to do. Need proof? How many pages was the protest ACPA filed with Teplitzky over the replacement of a 200 with a 705? I heard 30 some pages. All that over 25 seats.
Anyone who thinks the company is going to negotiate both sides at the same time is sniffing glue. They will manipulate both groups with the threat of flying being passed to the other side. They will cut back door deals with both sides and promise damage to the other group knowing that ALPA or ACPA would do a deal with the devil to secure their own future and possibly do harm to the other guy's.
The only chance there was of these groups supporting each other in 2009 has come and passed when the Global Solution went down the tubes. Human nature is to protect yourself. Come 2009, that is exactly what both sides will be doing. You gotta wonder though, have these two groups spent so much time fighting for their own, seperate future that they have missed the fact that the most powerful position possible would be a united front?
Fasten your seatbelts folks, this ride will not be straight forward and not without dirty deals, backstabbing and shady characters.