Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
It's not the numbers sailingfun, the numbers seem fine. It's paragraph 1.R.3 which is the problem. Here it is again:
3. If the Company is not in compliance with the minimum international operation requirement (under Section 1 R. 1.) or the minimum ASK requirement (under Section 1 R. 2.) in any measurement period, the Company will cure any such breach by complying with the minimum international operation or ASK requirement, as applicable, in the subsequent measurement period.
Can't you see the danger here? Can't you see this will allow an every other year non-compliance and still be perfectly legal? Can't you see it allows for no penalties whatsoever for non-compliance other than a grievance? Can you speak to that specifically sailingfun?
Carl
Yep, this clause is pretty ridiculous, and this logic applied to any other thing sounds even worse.
"It's illegal to rob a bank, but if you do rob one, you can't rob one the following year."
C'mon, ALPA. You either:
A) Are institutionally dim and cannot learn from past mistakes,
B) Are not trying, or
C) Have an alterior motive for creating loopholes big enough to drive a truck through.
I'm truly embarrassed that this is the best my dues dollars can produce.