Originally Posted by Route66

A very well written and great synopsis.



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).