I don't think my reps will vote to send a subpar deal to a vote, but maybe your LEC reps are different.

Maybe they will. A huge "NO!" on a contract vote would be a point of leverage to come back to the table with the NMB.

You have to remember, the only people we need to convince are the 3 members of the NMB that the union has acted "in good faith".

This means they will bring a TA(when we or mgt. is exhaused and gives in to the other's final offer) to the group and give us the "its a fair offer" speech, and then when/if we give it the circular file treatment they can go back to the NMB and say "We tried to give them all the information and be honest about the deal, but it is clearly not a deal that is acceptable and MGT will give no more. We need a release and we will get this done in 30 days."

Meanwhile in the back room if the union gave in then they are really, really hoping for a solid resounding unanimous NO, or if it is mgt. who relented at the end then we vote YES and end the process.

It's a delicate dance, let's hope the people WE voted for are up to the task of getting what we want....

DALPA fan or not, read the comparison coming out soon and then DO YOUR CONTRACT SURVEY!!!!!
(and make sure everyone you fly with does theirs too!)