Originally Posted by
sailingfun
I am told that as mentioned we are in the end game and would have a agreement or terminate negotiations shortly. No idea of which way it will go.
There will be an agreement. There is zero chance this will not happen. I'm sure someone at DALPA is already drafting their pitch to the pilot group explaining how they held the company's feet to the fire and that the threat of a grievance at the end of 120 days forced the company to give up more than they wanted to.
They'll explain that only a small number of long-call pilots utilized the contractual 3-hour acknowledgement and that there simply wasn't much leverage (ironically, this lack of leverage was created by DALPA).
They'll go on to explain that a grievance would've been "risky" and that we could've ended up with a much worse deal.
And that this deal was a substantial win for the pilot group and that the MEC will continue to capitalize on every negotiating opportunity in the future.
Blah, blah, blah...