Fatuous move indeed.
There's a lot of non 'green card' holders (F/Os) that reside in Canada and Mexico that shall be affected by this.
Shep69 nailed it -
BUT there are some labour protections which kick in as a consolation prize.
Two things that come to mind is that (a) those non 'green card holders' can open a class action law suit citing discrimination since the Company only obtained work permits for the Captains, and (b) the Company now will need to think twice before they decide to do anything outside the contract. They won't be allowed to arbitrarily change any CoS with reasons of 'we are a HKG company'.
Already they've faced a threat of having US flights ceased because the GMO refused to accept the active Reservists who are LA based, by US Labor Law require to have their roster built around their military flying.
Last month 10 F/Os (SFO and LAX base) have submitted their resignations. This is going to increase now that UA, DL, AA, UPS and FDX are hiring again.
.....Just another 'carrot dangling' move
