Originally Posted by
The Juice
Exactly. This sounds like many conversations had over in the regional forums "if we don't agree to this, we will lose flying"
It's a "no" vote for me.
Listen guys, we need to come to the realization that there will be a lot of sack checking these next few years with negotiations, flipping 180 degrees over an IPad LOA because "the company may screw us more" doesn't bode well for a group going into Section 6.
Negotiations revolve around a lot of paper sliding across the table to one another. As a pilot group we MUST be willing to slide paper back to our NC as say "we are worth more".
Heck, even the FAs had enough sack to turn down their TA, twice!
Listen, I agree with you that at some point we need to make management know we have the kahunas to turn down a crappy offer. Is this the moment though? If the company really can (if we vote no) make us gather at our domicile and sit in the crew room on our iPads to do training for 4 hours of pay, then this is not the time in my opinion to fight. When it comes to our new CBA, we will potentially end up having to give something else up just to get them to pay us 5 hours for at home training.
I look at it like this: It's the beginning of the game and 4th and 1 at our own 20 yard line. Are we gonna go for it or punt? There is a lot of game left to be played. We don't have to win every battle to win the war, but we certainly don't want to put ourselves at a disadvantage that could end up costing us in the long run.