Originally Posted by
shiznit
I don't think you have met or know either of those gentlemen well enough, else you probably wouldn't have that opinion. It becomes a matter of the pilot group demonstrating that they will back them 100%, and the MEC being confident enough in line pilot support to let them use that hammer.
Ask an older Fedex pilot or read up on their history on how 40% of pilots having signed an FPA card affected their negotiating leverage and the effectiveness of their strike vote authorization.
And obviously, you have never met me and don't know me well enough to make any judgement about how well I know someone else. History is no real predictor of what someone who has the bully pulpit will do. Ever heard of a "cramdown"? Sure you have, during most of the summer of 2012! Cheerleaders are very good at keeping you from noticing that your team is getting its butt kicked!
We only have to wait about a year to see if the the 2012 crowd of "doom and gloom if we don't take the first offer" is still in charge (or maybe just back in charge)!
We've already seen how much "leverage" we used to get the FAR 117 LOA with such great gains (a few things were good but the lame 5 month wait for the only real gain was very weak) and now followed up by a slap in the face by announcing the parking of 4 widebodies with NO NOTICE
while we were deciding on our new bids based on a false picture...RA is just betting our leadership continues to "take whatever RA wants to offer us".
LP