Originally Posted by
SmitteyB
Am I reading that correctly? A Piedmont pilot calling another airline a bottom feeder?
With what Piedmont just did to the industry - literally setting us back 20 years worth of pattern bargaining - YOU ARE THE EPITOME OF A BOTTOM FEEDER.
20 years? Really?
The only pseudo pattern bargaining that took place was in 2001. Comair struck and signed a decent contract, and on 9/11/01 AWAC signed their contract after walking out and going on strike the very next day.
Kinda a moot point, Comair no longer exists after taking multiple concessions and AWAC took concessions in 2003. Various other companies since then, notably TSA, Pinnacle, Republic/Chautauqua, Mesa, & PSA, have had horrendous contracts in comparison to those two.
There is most definitely no "pattern" in this "pattern bargaining" you speak of.