Originally Posted by
XHooker
I don't care what it's branded. Our MEC Chair can't unilaterally sign a LOA or JCBA, so I don't know what he possibly could have given away on his own that would adversely affect us. The way many on the CAL side see this is the UAL MEC was willing to sacrifice an extension of most of the expiring provisions of the TPA in order to secure a significant financial gain for the UAL pilots. They had to know the company wasn't going to agree to that.
It all depends what side of the fence you're looking through.
Yes, extend the TPA for another period of time that the company doesn't desire to complete the JCBA. Signing an agreement with a termination date is an insult. If management was serious about getting contract, they wouldn't need TPA with a termination date. A termination date gives management leverage.
Management said they would terminate base protections but we could have furlough and ratio protections. Why would they let us have furlough and ratio
protections? They don't intend to furlough or materially change the fleet ratios. Therefore those offers for a time limited TPA are worthless.