Originally Posted by
Route66
Actually, it WASN'T the resources but the way resources were deployed. The President wanted a deal and the NAC wasn't staffed in a way that was conducive to a path for an MOU so the removal of two of the negotiators, the addition of two that the President wanted along with the President negotiating directly with the Company effectuated the MOU (II) that sent the CBA out to the rank and file.
USAPA was already fighting with the West for years and it certainly seems nothing has changed. The West keeps suing and when they LOSE their argument before the PAB they will continue to sue the Company and the APA and when they don't win there they'll do what they did a few years ago and report the APA pilots for any job actions (or at a minimum they simply won't go along) along with failure to honor a strike.
That's the way it will be. As the West will say...."Insha'Allah".
I refuse to see how USAPA task loading with West legal action didn't affect the unions attention span.
I agree the union has the resources, but the attention span of leadership was not fully available for JCBA.
West pilots hurt themselves in this area by extension.