Originally Posted by magda
FYI
Are you aware when this HP/US air merger goes through, as it stand now it will will negatively effecting all the Flight attendant at HP. Namely, due to AFA (union) pushing for Date of Hire in "seniority" for the new US airways, HP crew is at disadvantage. Specifically, US airways is more than 40+ years old while HP is only 22 years old. Hence, the majority of HP F/A either will be "at the bottom of list" way behind most of US F/As, or ( there is a very strong possibility), end up on the unemployement line after this merger. Is there anyway we could help them, to get out from this predicament?
in a word, no. since both workgroups are represented by AFA, they automatically must follow AFA national bylaws, which are the strictest in the industry on the subject.
they will be able to negotiate things like bidding rights at the various bases, but not the "hiring" seniority that determines who gets laid off when.