Originally Posted by
76drvr
We pattern bargained off of UAL. Got UAL +1% when the NMB released us into a thirty day cooling off period. I think we were about two weeks from an authorized strike.
Do you think we can replicate that strategy to get UAL +1% again? When do you think the NMB will release us into a 30 day countdown to a strike?
I know we -can't- do it if the MEC doesn't even want to try.
But this time around, I would not even mention pattern bargaining to the NMB. Instead, I would talk about the financial INVESTMENT the PILOTS made to SAVE DELTA, and how they are now ready to be REPAID! The very minute the NMB said the word "Parked" I would call a strike, immediately.
No cooling off, no BS.
I'd get some FUPM bag stickers to set the tone first, of course!