Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
Bingo. The fact that it was left out of the JCBA I think was more ignorance... much like the air carrier thing with the RAH thing.
They are VERY good at doing stuff like that and going "aw whoops. we'll catch it next time!" after the ship has already sailed.
After all, it's the best lawyers in the industry!
It was not a mistake. Moak really believes having the 76 seaters off the property benefits us.
As you know, 76 seats is arbitrary. So are 100, 122, 130, or 400 seats.
What I fear is that some people are so wedded to this "logic" that when the market deems 76 seats uneconomic, the arbitrary number will change. Worse, as we have seen repeatedly, arbitrary seat limits FAIL when the Company is under economic pressure to get them changed (reference 35, 40, 44, 50, 66, 70, 76, 90 and 120 seat limits which have all been tried and which have been modified during economic duress by ALPA carriers over the years)
Thus consolidation of power or any subversion of the democratic will IS a serious threat. It is my
opinion ALL that prevents a 100 to 130 seat "scope sale" in Contract 2012 is the democratic will of our pilots. Those in power would sell us instantly if they could.
(1) Our Union Administration does not "get" unity.
(2) Junior pilots are an unmitigated PITA to these guys.