Potential sick out for the regionals??
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1. I am not a regional pilot.
2. I totally sympathize with the plight of the regional pilots in the US
3. I don't recommend this action to anyone.
Each company is different and a refusal to fly is a contractual violation that is treated differently by contract, if there is a CBA, at each airline. I do know that in many contracts an unexcused absence that can be tied to a "job action" can result in termination that is unlikely to be overturned by an arbitration hearing at a later date.
That is generally how it works in the US under the Railway Labor Act. Almost all contracts allow a pilot to appeal his termination to a "neutral arbitrator" who is not association with the company. The scope of previous arbitration awards are not supportive of illegal job actions. Those types of actions are specifically described in the Railway Labor Act as violations of the "status quo" of the contract, and therefore illegal.
2. I totally sympathize with the plight of the regional pilots in the US
3. I don't recommend this action to anyone.
Each company is different and a refusal to fly is a contractual violation that is treated differently by contract, if there is a CBA, at each airline. I do know that in many contracts an unexcused absence that can be tied to a "job action" can result in termination that is unlikely to be overturned by an arbitration hearing at a later date.
That is generally how it works in the US under the Railway Labor Act. Almost all contracts allow a pilot to appeal his termination to a "neutral arbitrator" who is not association with the company. The scope of previous arbitration awards are not supportive of illegal job actions. Those types of actions are specifically described in the Railway Labor Act as violations of the "status quo" of the contract, and therefore illegal.
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A copy and slightly redacted paste job of a union's flash mailing to its membership. Bottom line: a sick-out is an illegal job action.
Some airlines have contacted [us] with concerns about a website that’s been anonymously established. The website – the URL of which I won’t further publicize – advocates that regional pilots engage in an unlawful “sick-out”. We have not seen any substantial evidence that any of [our] membership supports such an action, but in an excess of caution we believe [we] must respond.
As [union leader] I would like to be very clear: a sick-out at any regional airline would be an unlawful action and a violation of the RLA. It could expose individual pilots who are suspected of participating to disciplinary action. And it would be a very bad strategic error. In my almost forty-year history as a pilot and as a member and leader in the labor movement, I have yet to see an unlawful job action advance labor’s goals, but I have seen such actions backfire time and again. I understand the frustration many pilots may be feeling with their carriers. But participating in unlawful actions is not the answer. Only by showing unity, discipline and resolve will we achieve gains in the industry we can all be proud of.
As [union leader] I would like to be very clear: a sick-out at any regional airline would be an unlawful action and a violation of the RLA. It could expose individual pilots who are suspected of participating to disciplinary action. And it would be a very bad strategic error. In my almost forty-year history as a pilot and as a member and leader in the labor movement, I have yet to see an unlawful job action advance labor’s goals, but I have seen such actions backfire time and again. I understand the frustration many pilots may be feeling with their carriers. But participating in unlawful actions is not the answer. Only by showing unity, discipline and resolve will we achieve gains in the industry we can all be proud of.
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Are you f'ing kidding me? Of course its an illegal job action. Of course the union HAS To put that out to protection. If anyone believes their tripe about no illegal job action ever advancing the pilots cause, they need to look at aviation history.
If anyone feels unethical about this or any other sickout, just read "Confessions of a Union Buster". Pilots by nature are not corrupt and want to get the job done, corporate management takes advantage of that in every way possible.
If anyone feels unethical about this or any other sickout, just read "Confessions of a Union Buster". Pilots by nature are not corrupt and want to get the job done, corporate management takes advantage of that in every way possible.
