Originally Posted by
pilotlbs
I gotcha, thanks for the reply. But do you think those 7 concessions that we can sell can get us DL Rates, plus profit sharing, plus min calendar day, plus 321 group 3, etc.? It just doesn't seem that arbitration will be in our favor, not to mention that Airways already uses FAR 117 vs. HBT and there are no Intl/Dom divisions.
Parker will never let an arbitrator determine his costs. Never. But he won't have to anyway. The pilots will agree to give him his 7 concessions long before arbitration goes its full course.
As far as what USAirways already uses regarding FAR117 INT/DOM... it is immaterial. The Green Book is what matters as the "arbitration backstop"... but like I said, Parker will never rely on an arbitrator to set his costs.
He needs the pilots to sell the 7 concessions and we will. I don't know how much stamina the BOD has, but there was nothing unreasonable in the BOD counter, IMHO.