Originally Posted by
psw757
I kind of get the impression that if mgmt agrees to everything in the APA counter, the APA board will not send it for a vote by membership as they view it as more than fair to both sides. I also think if it were to go for vote that it will be a lot closer than many think and is another reason they potentially would not send it out. It would show how divided the group is and avoids a potential situation the FA's just went through.
This is just my opinion but if APA sends it to vote and it narrowly fails, this makes the APA look bad. Again, just my opinion.
At this point I could really care less, I would like closure so we can move on to the next step whatever that is.
A very well written and great synopsis.
Originally Posted by
PurpleTurtle
"After seven months of negotiations with management, the APA Board of Directors was able to craft a comprehensive settlement proposal that very narrowly passed with a 12-10 vote, and even more narrowly met your MIA reps minimum standards. By now, all of you should have had a chance to review the latest proposal APA sent over to management last Wednesday evening. Considering our history, management should come to understand that if this extremely conservative proposal could barely pass the Board, its chances of passing a membership vote are likely worse. And if it is degraded at all by a counter-proposing of more concessions, well, again, management need only look at our history to see where that will go."
Perfect.
Standby for Glass to wow us with his prowess.
Well, at least the APA doesn't disappoint me. If it left the last sentence off, it would have been a good statement to the pilots. The rest just rattles the cage. Glass has heard it all before.
What if they said, instead:
"After seven months of negotiations with management, the APA Board of Directors was able to craft a comprehensive settlement proposal that very narrowly passed with a 12-10 vote, and even more narrowly met your BOD (unity here) minimum standards.
Nonetheless, the pilots look forward to working for the future, mutual benefit for ALL the employees and customers of the New American and we hope that this sincere proposal to management will crack open the door of mistrust and obstruction to shed new light on the shared future for all of us and help make the New American the pride of our employees and the envy of the industry.
If the Company accepts what we consider an olive branch to bring this Company together the way all of us believe it can be, we will bring to you a roadshow, along with Company representatives, what we MUTUALLY agree on and explain to you exactly what it does for ALL of us in a JCBA.
Fraternally, the APA BOD."
(Or something to this effect).