Originally Posted by
FIIGMO
Perhaps the single most mind boggling thing to me about ALPA, is the vast amount of money we spend on experts and lawyers yet every single time we always seem to be looking back saying W T F. When negotiating these deals, is it done during a dinner party with cocktails and scantily clad women?
Oh that's right we are not under the RLA, there is a ton of incentive for the company to negotiate, our contracts expire and not not become amendable, the labor sided NMB has been so very pro-labor, and the company can't wait to throw money at us inside or outside of section 6.
Part of the issue is Labor in the airline industry has been effectively marginalized by the laws in place, and no, there is absolutely no incentive to provide anything more to a labor group until end state section 6.
You will respond that ALPA needs to change the RLA, and that is a great idea, but even now, we may end us hurting ourselves more than we help. End state section 6 is at least in 2017 if not later. Pilots have clearly stated they want progression now, so what does that leave us with? Yep, proactive negotiations. It does help that we would for a company making money, but it does not mean it will be forked over.
Reality of the world around you may suck, but the reality inside our world is the incentive for you company to pay you one more cent, is well, minimal.