No sailingfun, the teeth is in the language. This language should have the ability to continue the JV based on the monthly maintenance of the agreed to percentages. No percentages, the JV must immediately end. If the company continues it anyway, that's not a grievance, that's a change to the status quo and all that brings.
At the very least, it would make for an easy win on an expedited grievance...not for monetary penalty, but the operational ending of a job killer. Of course none of that is possible when our negotiators PURPOSELY avoid that protective language in favor of pleasing our management partners.
You're making those numbers up entirely. You have no idea.
See above.
That's when you walk away from negotiations then. That is unless you're one of these hopelessly overmatched dupes on our side. Then you just do what you're told...then call it negotiations.
Yes. Operate in strict compliance with our Scope. But the fact you even ask this question betrays the fact that you can never find any reason to EVER deny a management request...for all the reasons you list above. It'd be OK if it was just you, but we have far too many pilots here who share your level of...strength.
Carl