Originally Posted by
Slasher1
That is false; at least in the case of US carriers.
Who have honored theirs and offered attractive voluntary options; completely honoring their CBA. Including some very attractive early out options such that they can set their manning levels where desired and still comply with their CBA.
A CBA breach in terms of not following the terms delineated in the layoff and recall provisions would certainly be enforceable in this jurisdiction (either arbitration, court, or both) as well as many others. It is not a gray area.
the US carriers are not ‘ expat orientated’ airlines, you can not compare them to cathay. Emirates, qatar( shortly...) Korean, asiana...even BA are going about it how ever they deem fit. Who knows how this is going to play out. I would be cautious basing your future plans on you position in the seniority order. Fact of the matter, they going to be looking at saving money, cos18 pilots at the bottom of the seniority list cost a fraction of what pilots half way up the list cost, and they do the same job.