Originally Posted by
inline five
What is the issue with the current offer minus the scope increase? That sounds decent for me. It's either that or the MOU/arb route. Like he said it's either we come to an agreement now or we get what we already have. The scope issue was the biggest issue for us, they know that, they know we know they know that, etc, so outside of that wasn't the rest of it better than we could ever hope to get until 2019?
As I was reminded of by another, Parker ALREADY has MORE then competitive scope. It's common to insert items in initial contract offers that can be withdrawn thus "sweetening" an offer by not ADDING more sugar, but instead by removing something sour. Personally, I think if the scope request is eliminated, a few minor additional sweeteners will probably be thrown in to ensure ratification. Removing scope might be enough to give APA an out and get it to the pilots, but other issues might need a dab or two of sugar here and there to ensure ratification. Probably cheap insurance to get what BOTH sides want anyway...........a ratified deal.