Originally Posted by
Mason32
Isn't management supposed to provide financials and a host of other documentation before your union may even entertain concessions?
What is the process for line pilots to file complaints that your own rules and by-laws are being ignored? Can you simply file complaints with the DOL that oversees unions that your own by-laws are being knowingly violated?
Fight a little for crying out loud.
I was asking the same thing after our ALPA negotiators were able to negotiate a contract in less than six months at PNCL/CJC/Mesaba. The end result was that the company was crying poor, and saying that they couldn't afford the contract eight months later, and filing for Ch. 11 a couple of months later. Does make one wonder what exactly they are doing during the vetting process that they cannot add/subtract and see that revenues generated by agreements with their codeshares were insufficient to fund our contract, pay for realignment/training costs and day-to-day operations.
ALPA needs to hire professional negotiators that FULLY understand what they are doing and the consequences of their decisions. No matter how noble and well-meaning our ALPA volunteers might have been. We were led down a primrose path, and if not the outright destruction of careers/lives, certainly some serious setbacks for many...
Good luck to PSA and hopefully, your own negotiators have not left any stones unturned...