Which is why I don't understand how Encore is considered a separate entity.elite wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 6:03 amWell, that may sound like a noble idea, provided everyone does it, otherwise the group that does it, does it to its own detriment. It can’t work in isolation because it does not value experience. But most importantly it doesn’t work in the context of separate companies and separate bargaining units, as plainly obvious!ALPApolicy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 13, 2022 10:16 pmOne theory is that some members of a group (WPPA) that preceded ALPA in attempting to certify WJA pilots had this planned back in 2014. The speaker who speaks in the beginning of this clip and discusses a westjet pilot as being a pilot who flies a dash-8 or a 747. This speaker had a younger brother flying at Q400 @Encore. He would later become our first MEC Chair when the non-DOH seniority list was attached to the CBA.elite wrote: ↑Sun Mar 13, 2022 6:03 pm Why do you suppose a sizeable group of pilots (or at least a more vocal group) at WestJet are seemingly more concerned with conditions at Encore than they are at their own airline? Is it a brotherly love, is it that they have friends and relatives there, or do they believe that it would protect their own jobs? The best way to do that however, which is standard in the industry, is through strong negotiated scope clauses, not buying loyalty in exchange for reserved seniority.
If Swoop and WestJet are a common employer, Encore should definitely be a common employer with WestJet.