Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Conventional no furlough provisions are a waste of negotiating capital. It was Moak who came up with the concept of layering in small economic penalties in multiple sections of the contract if pilots are on furlough. That concept worked exactly as planned after the 08 meltdown. The company was forced to carry 800 unneeded pilots because the overall cost to furlough was to high. Many of those pilots are posters here.
Not to pick on you, but do you think that these provisions would fair any better in an FM declaration event? History has shown the company will do what it will and then leave it up to the arbitrator to sort it out. I don't think anything would change. There are no punitive penalties applied so they would just have to go back into compliance but if the arbitration comes back in their favor then they have won big.