Both the Teamster contract with Republic and the Bond-McCaskill amendment which governs airline mergers require a “fair and equitable” standard for determining how best to integrate the seniority lists of the airlines involved. It appears nearly certain that we will arbitrate the issue of seniority integration of RJET, F9, Lynx and YX Flight Attendants in a single arbitration hearing after the merger deal is finalized. Whatever the timing or process, however, it will be fair and equitable for all concerned – no list just gets “stapled” to the bottom of another.

Sign an AFA card and you’ll sign away your seniority!
Be very cautious about what other unions are saying about the merger and take the time to get the facts. For example, a review of the AFA constitution shows that the only standard to apply for seniority is “Date of Hire” which, if applied to the integration of Republic, Midwest and Frontier would mean that Frontier flight attendants will go behind hundreds of furloughed Midwest flight attendants. The bottom line is that the 400 flight attendants at Midwest and 90 at Lynx Aviation are the ONLY groups that AFA-CWA represents of the merged carriers (Republic, Frontier, Lynx and Midwest) with only the most senior 110 still active at Midwest, virtually all of them much more senior than Frontier or Republic flight attendants. The AFA-CWA are looking to protect their senior Midwest flight attendants in the seniority integration—at your expense!