Originally Posted by
tomgoodman
FTB,
That might work, but I think the Court of Appeals upheld the ruling against GE not because their offer was unreasonable, but because they refused to negotiate about it or even consider counter-offers. That was seen as an assault on the collective bargaining process, even if the opening offer was fair and generous. My interpretation could be wrong, of course.
I could see that.
I guess you could take this tact:
1) Restoration no change in scope, or
2) SWA/FEDEX parity plus 100% scope reduction to have SWA/FEDEX scope parity. Complete parity, as in the contract dropped on the desk and "I want that..."
If we settle for SWA/FEDEX and work rules gains and bring scope gains back to current scope then we've compromised enough.
3) Either 1 or 2 or no future mergers.
Note: Now if you go with #2, we're selling pilots. Not current pilots but future pilots, but, are 76 seaters going to stay or not? How much do you give up for something that may go away?