Originally Posted by
PurpleTurtle
Parker is as happy as a pig in s!ht. He now stands on the precipice of a monumental decision between two fantastically, felicitous finales... 1) thrust the knife and break it off in the union forever, or 2) he can pull a little harder on a couple of reps and change the culture to "going for great". What to do? What to do?
He can counter with an unreasonable offer that will keep the 12 against him, and scream arbitration is imminent because you demanded it. The LAX Tokyo Roaches will spring to action and finalize the coup, the membership will revolt, the CLT PHL reps will be recalled, and the Tokyo Roach will be carried on our shoulders with the captured combatants of CLT PHL shamed in chains at the back of the parade.... Or Parker could just pull a few reps over by making a reasonable counter, and we could all live happily ever after.
Regardless, the only thing that matters is when the APA BOD will say "yes". It is all noise until then.
It is time for LAX pilots to duck tape their reps.
I would think Parker, Kirby and Jerry would have determined their response by yesterday and put the finishing touches on by end of business day, so I'm unsure of what benefit to them these last minute cries of capitulation will bring. These misguided chants could have the opposite effect of polarizing the BOD even more with the 12 majority digging in.
In that situation, it would make any chance of a deal post arbitration proffer even more tenuous which means should Parker pull the arbitration trigger, it may mean a stronger possibility of running the conflict though to an arbitrated award. Again, I don't understand the point of waiting one extra day if he was just going to put a pistol to the head of the process and proffer.
I still think some acceptance of some of APA's wants and rejection of others in the form of an LBFO is the most likely situation and in that case, it's very likely as you state.........the noise will then stop.