Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Not "anything" that they may want. It's only a concession if it's worse than what we currently have. We accepted concessions during bad times. We do NOT need to accept concessions during these good times. We only need to stay within a "reasonable" range of our industry peers to keep the NMB happy. Currently, we lag the industry in every single contractual section. We lead in none. This is the time for contractual gains. Period.
See above. This kind of wrongheaded stuff actually damages the pilot group.
If you're saying you're not willing to wait, you're saying you'll take whatever management offers.
Carl
Do you feel like your recommended style of negotiation led to much of a track record at your (and my) previous carrier?