Originally Posted by
flyallnite
The best they can hope for, and should aim for, is a very short term contract with snap back provisions after BK exit. Both sides are realizing that they will lose more from protracted strife than they stand to gain. I hope for everyone's sake they do come to an agreement, and for the pilot's sake, I hope it's only a 1 or 2 year deal, short term pain for long term gain.
You are correct that any agreement should be short term unless there is a major gain, which is very unlikely, for the pilots. Unfortunately when dealing with AMR management who are famous for their unethical behavior, whatever the pilots agree to today will be twisted by management to their favor tomorrow. A two year deal with AMR could easily last more than 6 years. Plus the "association" has been consistantly putting less than complete, in full legal language, agreements to the pilots for a vote. UCAL has had a TA for months but still have not had it presented due to the necessity of providing the pilots a completed contract for them to vote on. The last two "contracts" AApilots voted on were not the final documents. A rush to get an agreement will again backfire on the pilots if they are not careful.