Originally Posted by
Hawaii50
Yep they're waiting to piggyback on our deal. Leading the way would have been nice considering they had a 3 year head start. I wouldn't hold them up as a shining example of union hood. There's been no one for us to pattern off for the last decade plus. American's deal is really no help with their largely intact retirements no profit sharing and the crappy work rules they have. I expect a lot from this deal and will be happy to wait like you if it's not enough. We'll find out if our guys panicked next week and vote accordingly.
Agreed. No reason to panick if the deal is not ratified, and no reason to ratify because of panick, but clearly there is no other pilot group doing any lifting for us. I'm not a fan of pattern-bargaining, but maybe the rest of the world does compare pilot contracts when comparing airlines. It took me acouple of days of denial after the AMR deal turned out to be below our total compensation to admit we might have an issue.