Originally Posted by
Coach67
The fact that C2012 banded all these aircraft was just as stated ... a seniority argument LCAL attempted use to blunt LUAL's larger A/C with respect to Career Expectations. A simple example of that was when the LCAL EWR Cap Rep publically stated that the LCAL MEC would hold up the contract if it didn't include paybanding.
Yes. And we all realize that the LCAL individual line pilot did not do this, nor have any input in this.
There were many LCAL pilots who said "We just want a new contract" and the response was "Contracts come and go but SLI lasts forever". They should be just as angry because they lost out as well, having to wait on a contract, because the pay banding scheme did not work as planned.
No one blames the line LCAL pilot, but in retrospect, this was not a good way to start the marriage. Fortunately that decision making body is disbanded, so I guess we will see how things move forward with the new contract negotiations.