The grievance is granted in part and denied in part. Management
did not violate Section 1.E.8 of the Labro Agreement. Management
violated Section 22.A.1 and related sections of the Labor agreement by
furloughing Flight Engineers while retaining junior pilots. The F.E.'s
furloughed on July 1, 2007 are to be restored to the active seniority list
and made whole for losses incurred. The question of the appropriate
remedy for the individual F.E.'s is remanded to the parties for resolution.
My best guess...
The remedy since no seats exist for the FE's who are not making a move to a Pilot seat is a settlement that will end their employment with Atlas and Polar resulting in elimination of their positions on the seniority list.
The irony is that since the merger has not been consummated, they (the PO FE's) have no claim on the merged list since they will be terminated prior to a first copmbined contract.
DBW