Originally Posted by
gzsg
The NMB does not matter this round in the least. We will not see mediation.
RA has promised Wall Street zero labor risk. He needs a deal fast before the pilots realize Delta will make $6 billion in 2015 and their expectations will rise accordingly.
IMO we will retire an average of 30 pilots per month in 2015. They are already training off campus and it will get worse rapidly. New 330 base in NYC and 737 SEA.
We just need to sit on our hands and wait for the deal we deserve.
T.O. failed to follow his own lead and rushed into a bad deal. Let's actually not be rushed this time.
Remember the number one play on management's card is always to create a fictional deadline.
FYI
PWA Section 28 A
SECTION 28 2
DURATION 4
A.Effective Date and Duration
Except as expressly provided otherwise, this agreement will become effective on July 1, 2012, will continue in full force and effect through December 31, 2015, and will renew itself without change through each succeeding December 31st, unless written notice of intended change is served in accordance with Section 6, Title I, of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, by either party hereto at least 60 days but no more than 270 days prior to December 31, 2015 or December 31st in any year thereafter.
In the absence of an agreement by March 31, 2016, the parties agree to jointly petition the National Mediation Board for mediation services.