Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
I whole heartedly disagree with your conclusion here. I would love to be able to strike and have that option to dangle in front of management. At this point in time, you are not seated in reality if you believe it is a valid expectation. Perhaps that will change, but right now that is not the case.
I know that's what everyone in ALPA consistently states, but it is not true. The NMB has never said or even inferred the things that you believe to be fact. ALPA has done an amazing job of using the NMB as the reason for their poor performance.
Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
Additionally, your conclusion that since a strike is off the table that we might as well be non-union is illogical. You know as well as I do that there is plenty of pressure that can be applied.
Completely incorrect. Any pressure applied outside of the RLA process is illegal. Any pressure attempted within the RLA process but without the credible threat of a strike is no pressure at all.
Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
Particularly at DL, we do a lot of stuff that is above and beyond and they prize a satisfied work force. The union is a valuable asset and will always return more than a non-union shop, but more cards are available to mgmt anyways regardless of being able to strike or not. Returns are diminished without the option of a strike, but that is the current reality we are in by working for jumboworld airlines.
In my opinion, that simply ignores reality. You might like to believe this is true, but it is not.
Carl