Originally Posted by
Free Bird
I'm afraid that too many others will demand significant contractual improvements instead of the either sun setting the 70's or altogether re-capturing it. Complete restoration and bringing 50+ seaters to mainline will take more than one contract, that's reality. I would prioritize that with Scope being the most important item; thus this contract. Pay and work rules will naturally come when we do all of the flying, next contract. I'd guess that ALPA is going to try and stop the bleeding in regards to scope and try and maximize the rest of the contract.
I like the sun setting idea. It doesn't put the company in the undo able bind of having to park them immediately or put us in them immediately. Maybe a 5 year time frame?
I like including the prop and GTF in the scope language.
And you're right on with the pay and work rules, when we do all of the flying, the pay and work rules will follow