Originally Posted by
Purple Drank
How does the percentage of survey completions create or diminish "leverage" to the NC?
Does DALPA tell the company how many surveys were done prior to negotiating?
It's all about unity and how the company views pilot sympathies. If only 30% of the pilots bother to fill out the survey the company is going to assume the pilots are satisfied with the status quo. Just as we have to put together a negotiating position management also must go through the same exercise. The degree of pilot unification and activity in the union they see will influence their budget for a new contract.