Originally Posted by
Timbo
3.B.6 was a clause in our contract that basically said, on any 'new' equipment, for which no pay rates existed, the pilots would fly it for 6mo (or was it 9 mo?) while they negotiated a pay rate for it.
If at the end of that time, no pay rate had been established, the aircraft would be parked until a pay rate could be agreed upon.
Our CEO at that time was Leo Mullin, from McKinsey Associates, king of all out sourcing. Leo said he would sell them (we only had two on property, but many more coming) and cancel the orders for more. Our then MEC called his bluff and we settled for a higher pay rate. ($265 in 1998 I believe).
We got the payrate. We also got the 6 aircraft that were already under construction for a total fleet of 8. And as for the bluff, the last 7 and all the options were cancelled. An example of Leo's "win-win"?
UAL used the "Delta Dot" to adjust their bargaining position and achieve their best paying contract. We then topped them with C2K. We kept the pay for 42 months of the 48 month agreement, then came LOA-46.