Originally Posted by
tsquare
Uh.. what? Why WOULDN'T they be above board with those sworn not to tell what they have learned? I have no idea what the penalty for violating those kinds of agreements would be, but I would think it would damage any future relationship with management. With that in mind, it would be STUPID for someone to violate that trust, unless they had an agenda of screwing the pilot group as a whole. I know there are those that believe that might be the case, but... really?
Easy. Let's assume management wants to give us as little as possible. Let's further assume that they will go to borderline ruthless lengths to do so. We all know how even "true" statistics can skew the reality (like 5/4/4/4 is a "raise" when clearly it is barely a wheel spinning 4 year break even extension) it's not that big a stretch to see how management can "give" just enough top secret information to win someone's favor over lobster and brandy and then count on that guy to go to the rank and file with "trust me you want to sign this but I can't tell you why" and presto we end up with less than the best deal.