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MatchPoint
Lol, yeah right. No that was pre D-Rod. That's what happens when you post with an iPhone.
I guess I used blanket statment there. I understand not all are but a large proton are. The examples are everywhere. It's hard to have a higher view and expect different after what has transpired between the east and west. In a large majority of the flight deck out there someone's talking about how they got screwed as though they're entitled to something over someone. Even dating back to my fathers struggles with Braniff in the early 80's and Eastern telling all Braniff pilots to sit and spin. Histories full of examples my friend.
I think you are spot on here...we have all been through at least one merger (or probably will be some day), and I fully expect that whenever pilots meet to negotiate an SLI they will try their best to get the most favorable outcome for their own careers and best conditions going forward for them and their families...there will be arguments, disagreements name calling and worse. But in the end, if and when an agreement can't be made and both sides agree to the findings of an impartial arbitration mechanism- we must be able to have the confidence that the other side is as good as it's word...if not, we have nothing.