Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Rule number 1 is you NEVER give your bottom line in the first offer ///edited for space/// Therefore, it would be insane to hand out your bottom line on the first TA. No negotiator would EVER do that.
I seriously doubt the negotiating team from the union accepted RA's first offer.
But you do make a good point about keeping your bottom line VERY close to your vest. That's why I don't understand the few that keep insisting on publication of the pilot contract survey.
I NEVER want management to know precisely what is the cheapest package they need to deliver to buy a 50%+1 vote.