Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
No, I'll respond. I am wrong, the assumption was based on the fact that any union voting issues are standard 3 week duration for votes. Management wants these cuts effective Jan 1st, which means we have 9 days to get a vote created and tallied. I can't even begin to imagine how many pilots are already out on vacation or will be unavailable to vote during the busy Christmas and New Years period. This is a surprising step, but a good one indeed. Honestly, I wasn't expecting that the MEC would vote no to concessions. Now it is in our hands. Our big problem will be the lack of time to get the vote in.
Has it occured to you that the process of evaluating the company's books will take us past Jan 1st? Also, who is calling the shots here? The company can ask for Janurary 1st cuts and the union can come back and say "No, we will have this out for our pilots to vote when we are ready and it will be out long enough for a fair vote to take place?"
The company is the one asking, not telling. Funny how a year ago the company shut down negotiations for the JCBA because of the holiday and now that are willing to work through it.