Originally Posted by
WeaselBoy
I'd rather wait six months to a year for a decent contract to work under for the next seven years than start a crappy contract tomorrow.
Hopefully, y'all are having some good, dispassionate discussions about this in the crew lounges, cockpits and hotel bars. Pilots are generally pretty smart people who do some pretty stupid things, even when they probably know better. "Career-Get-There-Itis"......
-------> Look for the "Weasel-Words". For every clause, think how it will work out in the "fly it, then grieve it" world we live in. If it is an improvement for you, be damn sure that it is airtight. Front to back, sideways, inside-out and backwards.
And..... like XJT, EGL, etc: why is the company finally motivated to get this done, quickly???