Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
He means that the company will come to the MEC with just a good enough offer that it has to go to memrat. It will probably be a two year extension with minor changes so that they can go on their shopping spree. It makes sense to have us locked down and probably supporting whatever acquisition they choose to do. Saves time and keeps their costs known going forward.
I said I would be surprised to see section 6 about sic months ago. The company's window is closing but there is still time for them to do this.
While I'm not privy to the contract survey results, my impression from talking with fellow pilots is they are not in a mood to keeping "kicking the can down the road".
What I mean by that is many (I think the vast majority...) are tired of the bankruptcy pay-rates and work rules we are still working under. Yes, there have been some work rule improvements, but any offer from the company will have to be
very significant.
A few shares of stock and another couple of years of COLA-like increases will not be acceptable this time....