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you are very misinformed and clearly you have no clue what is going on in regards of the US on-shoring.
1. The deadline is Dec 8th.
2. USAOA lawyers determined that it is legal for the company to impose first contract
3. Actually most pilots on the US bases have to right to live and work in the USA.
There are only approx. 10 Canadian Senior FO's left on US bases. And they have the right to work for CX on a US base, but not the right to live in the US. Every officer on the US bases filled out the I-9 form. Nobody will have to return to HKG.
4. Most Canadians on a US base are very senior as they are captains or could hold a command in HKG. There is only a handful officers left with 8-9 years seniority.
5. No-one signed a new contract, just a transfer letter to the new US company, as per USAOA recommendation.
6. Only B-scale FO's could potentially take a pay-cut, however pay is protected until the first negotiated CBA. Most US FO's receive B-scale pay, so a pay-cut for them in CBA negotiations will be a hard sell in the current environment.
You wrote:
"What these individuals do not know (but should), is that CX wants them to validate their paycut in 2008, and sign the contract."
Are you for real? You absolutely have no clue what you are talking about.
And if they ever open up a JFK base, the majority of JFK Commands will go to some very Senior Freighter Captains and very Senior CAT A'd FO's who are already on a US base. Many US based FO's turned down their Command in HKG and are waiting for a Command on a US base. If AOAC wins their grievance/arbitration there might be some Canadian Captains and FO's bidding for it too. As for FO slots, the only way to fill all of them is to hire DEFO again, directly onto the base.
Last edited by GTC58; 4th Dec 2015 at 17:06.