Originally Posted by CVG767A
I think we'll approve the T/A. Don't take it as a sign of weakness, though. We need to buy a few months to allow for resolution of our pension issue, as well as to get better data on what our switch to preferential bidding will save.
I'd like to see it pass by a whisker. Any outcome less than the traditional 70/30 split will give our guys more negotiating capital. This one could go either way. We should have the answer by Thursday.
you're going to get raped just like we did at CAL and ours wasn't that hot to begin with. this is the new paradigm; alpa caves to keep alpa in dues money, the pilots can go fish.
it's time to either drive it or park it in herndon. woerth-less needs to go for starters. perhaps his concessionary "partnership" mentality will die with him. on the other hand, alpa as an organization may be fatally contaminated with "concessionaires".