Originally Posted by
Maingear
As much as I would love to see this contract voted down, I don't think you will come out any better in arbitration. I can't imagine arbitrators feeling pity for anyone making over 100k/yr. I know it's stupid, you know it's stupid, but I don't think arbitration will help the contract overall. You might make a couple improvements with work rules. I can't see pay or an hour cap being raised. . .
They don't need to pity us, they don't need to change any rules or pay. The contract coming out of arbitration would be better than the company's proposal for one reason: scope. No matter what the company asks for, no matter what evidence they present, the arbitrators are specifically forbidden by the MTA from changing the scope of the contract. I, and I believe the vast majority of pilots at the new AA, will gladly wait until 2016 for my raise, and until the next section 6 for all of the other improvements we want to see, if that's the only way to preserve scope.