Yes, if the President signs it, then we will have competing contracts on the property. Management can pick one and members can grieve it.

That is why the safeguards in Section 40 of the Admin Manual matter. They function to avoid this kind of mess and if they had been followed we very likely would not have a problem.

ALPA's Admin Manual and Constitution are not optional. There are even provisions of Section 40 s specific to crisis bargaining. The Pinnacle agreement seems to blow off these Sections as well.

Pull up the Admin Manual, Section 40 and search snap back. A contract should have a provision to restore pay once the Company has recovered from its crisis and is profitable. However, the Pinnacle agreement actually has what I would call a NO snap back provision. Six months after the Pinnacle pilots might try to improve their pay, the Company is allowed to pull all of the committed jets in Pinnacle's fleet.

I've got no dog in that fight, so I removed all of the areas where the Pinnacle pilots are getting set up for failure in my letter. The deal smells like low tide in so many ways.

Wychor is a very smart and experienced guy. I don't know what he was thinking. Maybe he thinks he can roll Moak. Who knows?