Originally Posted by Check Essential

You're not grasping what has happened around here over the last several years.
Moak has successfully altered the game.

I don't think DALPA is afraid of RA. I think they trust him.
Negotiations are not the traditional adversarial relationship anymore.

DALPA will work with RA to come up with something that can pass.

That's our new labor relations philosophy. Its not union vs. management these days. Its union and management working together to craft a deal that 1) meets the corporation's needs and 2) that the rank and file pilots will still ratify.

We're not getting one penny more than what RA thinks is necessary for DALPA to sell it to the line pilots.

Moak's idea is that pilots end up with more in the long run by negotiating contracts that ensure corporate profitability. Then we rely on those profits and the goodwill and gratitude of management to provide our "leverage" for future gradual improvements.

It didn't work too well in C2012 but it might actually have a chance this time because the company is so clearly printing massive amounts of money.
We'll see.