Originally Posted by
Rogue24
How well did it work for APA to negotiate in public? That deal may pass because binding arbitration is a wild card, but they did not get what they wanted once they went public. Starting out with public negotiations is any oppositions dream.
DAL pilots like their company. Do you think negotiating publicly will be beneficial for more than feel good intangible result? Kind of like, "Yeah we got a lot less than we asked for but at least D-ALPA has some sort of spine." If anything its harder to negotiate in private with doing so publicly gets more pilots off your back, even if it effects the results.
You misunderstand my point.
I'm not advocating negotiating in public. I'm just pointing out that publishing the "opener" has little or nothing to do with negotiating.
Its useless but it seems to make people feel better so the union does it.
What gets put out is nothing but platitudes. If I was DALPA I also wouldn't put out any actual table positions.