Originally Posted by
ghilis101
The logic that negotiating a second TA is not sound because locking in this TA in case we have another 9/11 may seem valid BUT... if we have another tragic industry event you and I both know our pay is getting slashed anyway (like it was twice before).
I don't want to trade widebody JV scope so I can be an e190 captain. That's robbing a very large Peter to pay a very small Paul.
I respectfully disagree..The JV scope is a win as we upguage to 242Ton 330's vs 7ER's across the Atlantic and won't pay a penalty for increasing EASK's on our side of the JV...BH protects us if a global SARS event draws down JV 380's which we can replace with 2 75-300's across the pond. I'm only looking at a worst case scenario..which we lived thru after 9/11. I think this TA locks in compensation and scope at the upper WB level and further recaptures mainline flying at the NB level.
It's just my opinion, and after reading the TA and hearing the very loud "no" vote arguments on this site..I'm voting yes.