So for you, BBar, it doesn't matter what the agreement is, as long as it's an "agreement." Peace at all costs.
When did he (or anyone) say that. It is not "peace at all costs." It IS "hey, at some point we
may come up with a mutually acceptable agreement--or we may not."
How can you possibly say that an agreement is preferred ...when you don't know what the agreement consists of??
In the long long run (meaning in terms of years and decades) we need to come up with an agreement. Let's say we do not come up with a solution in the near term and we eventually go to Section 6 with this reserve issue still unresolved. Ain't NO way that RA is going to sign off on a negotiated Section 6 TA absent an agreement on reserve language that both sides are completely sure of.
So eventually, we will have an agreement, even if it is 2-3 years from now. I think what he was saying is that if we know that at some future point we will all be operating from the same playbook that we should be expending some efforts to making it a very favorable one (to the pilots, that is).
And given DALPA's recent track record of less-than-stellar negotiations (do I need to list them again?), your stance is baffling.
Yes, you do need to list them again, because I am not aware of them. I AM aware of:
- vacation slide
- bidding for CQ
- any reserve having vacation etc has his own personal reserve guarantee that is far less than the posted one
- 13% pay increase effective the amenable date of our prior contract (that would be the 4/8 of 4/8/3/3)
Yes there were some concessions but overall I am amused by the number of anti-ALPA guys who also state "wow I made a lot more than I expected last year."
The one area where I agree with you and Index is that we can't expect a handful of long call reserves to "take one for the team." We need more defined guidance from our union leadership, not "we consider our contract to be inviolable" and then not much else.
I'm willing to give our negotiators the benefit of the doubt for a little longer, but we need to hear a lot more concrete stuff from our union leadership real soon--and "contact your LEC rep to get the latest" isn't enough.