Originally Posted by
md11phlyer
Bidding HKG or Paris is not like flying DPs, you are not f%^king your buddy. You are flying in a domicile that has provisions that were agreed upon beforehand. You don't like the provisions? Listen to the roadshows and vote accordingly, but don't start calling guys out for bidding a domicile that may actually work for their lifestyle.
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Approve this coming FDA LOA, no matter what it will be a net gain over what we have. Wait before you start shooting me down...
Then if it is not worth bidding for you ..don't.
If we turn down the LOA, the Company can and most likely will open these domiciles with NO extra benefits OR they will decide to contract some or all of that flying and make us battle them in arbitration land for the next 20 years on scope violations. In the end, the arbitrator will probably say "the company offered you guys a way to do this flying, your grievance is therefore DENIED".
Secondly, if the company chooses to fill those slots with junior guys or new hires we have further divided our ranks because these guys will say "I could of had...COLA, Tax help, better move package etc, and the Union screwed me over".
The Company is doing this for one and only one reason, MONEY. Whether we like it or not we need to think about the ramifications of turning down an LOA out of spite to the MEC or if you think it is not enough. It will not be enough for me no matter what they offer, but since they plan to do this we better have plan if we say NO.