Opinion ID: 785099
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Both Parties Assert Rights Under the CBA

Text: 38 Both parties contend that the terms of the existing CBA either establish or refute the presence of the right to subcontract S-Checks. The IAM contends that the dispute can be resolved by reference to the following: (1) the scope clause (Article 2(B)) (which includes HMV work); (2) the First Clarification (which prohibits the farming out of work included in the scope clause); (3) the Second Clarification (which does not contain an exception for HMV work); and (4) U.S. Airways past practice of performing all HMV work in house. 39 In U.S. Airways view, the dispute can be resolved by reference to the following: (1) the scope clause (Article 2(B)) (which includes HMV work); (2) the facilities and equipment clause of Article 2(B) (which contains a meet and confer obligation when the Company lacks adequate equipment or facilities to perform the work); (3) the Second Clarification, Section (G), second sentence (which states that U.S. Airways may contract out work for which it lacks the skills, equipment or facilities to perform the work in house); (4) the Dunsford Award (upholding right to subcontract engine overhaul work when in house facilities are lacking); (5) the past practice of subcontracting aircraft maintenance work when in house equipment or facilities are lacking; and (6) the absence of any past practice of performing Airbus S-Checks. 40 Thus, both parties contend that terms of the CBA, as interpreted through custom and past experience, determine the result in this case. 41