Originally Posted by
padre2992
So, you do know that after you do all that laminating and screen shot taking, and Wackervilling, you can go back and vote again (probably "yes" this time). Remember, it's the last vote that counts.
Linda Puchala told a different MEC that the NMB resources are limited. They have a handful of mediators, of which most are booked for the next year. If the TA is turned down, get in the back of the line and expect her help in about 18 months... do not ignore the advice of professionals.
So, we wait 18 months? That's a short period of time considering that this is actually the contract of our careers. This sets us up for the next 30 years, an entire generation. We won't get another cba for 10 years, so if Linda, Jay, and jay 2, and anyone else wants to scare us big deal.
They are professionals, but so am I. I am a Professional who does not want to sell my self, or my profession short. 18 months will go by pretty quickly.
BUT..........Here's the deal....More professionals if you seek them out will tell you the real pressure is on management to make a deal, not the pilots.
TRUE, and Prater did tell me this privately. Management needs labor stability for Wall Street. They need to give Wall Street some "feel good" that all is well at the World's Leading airline and labor stability can only be guaranteed with contract in place for their highest paid group and the group most directly responsible for the performance of the company.
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the summer time can be positive or negative travel experiences, and those experiences correlate directly to the happiness and contentness of your pilots.
Managment needs to give Wall Street some Love and that love can only come from contracts in place.
So, Linda thinks it is fine to have 900 mile 90 seat *capable RJ's?
Linda actually told you that all will be well and she personally guarantees that this CBA is both great for our profession and our careers?
Linda sounds tired to me. Time for her replacement to be named.