Originally Posted by
Purple Drank
Yep. ALPA sets goals collectively with the company. Case in point:
So RA and ALPA have the same collective goal. To produce a TA that 50% +1 of the pilots will vote "yes" on.
I'd expect that to be RA's goal. I'm astounded that you'd admit that it's also ALPA's goal.
Shouldn't ALPA's goal be to produce a TA that 100% of the pilots want??
So much for an "historic" contract.
Still trying to learn the ropes and assess the battlefield, but that's a tall order.
Cases in point:
There are good arguments for a raise being disproportionate to pre-BK pilots to address earnings and benefits lost in concessions. There's also a pretty good argument against such disproportionate raises, by those who argue all have lost through those concessions. We can guess the majority demographic of both "yes" and "no" voters pretty easily.
I'd argue that for pilots who bring their own health/dental insurance to the table, whether from spouse's employment, mil retirement, or other sources, ought to be paid a percentage of the amount the company is saving by not paying for those benefits. I imagine a lot of people would disagree with this idea, for good reason.
As you know (from this board and in discussions with other pilots), we have pilots who want to transfer PS to other forms of pay and/or benefits, others who want to do the opposite, and all flavors in between.
And the contentious topics continue. Aircraft "family" vs "type" pay. Night override pay. Holiday pay. International pay.
I challenge you to find 100% consensus on these topics in a group of 100 pilots, much less 12k+.