That is correct - The Polar FE's are tied to Polar's CBA in a peculiar way. Polar's CBA provides for a single seniority list, where the more senior FE's hold CBA seniority authority over their more junior -400 FO's.
X Polar's CBA, and you automatically X Polar's FE's. . . .
This issue could be used as a tactical advantage for labor's IBT - Make the keeping of Polar's FE's expensive, and management will have a very large incentive to sooner replace Polar's old CBA with a newer combined one (so as to finally be rid of the Polar FE's).
Last edited by L-38; 12th February 2009 at 16:16.