Originally Posted by
sleeves
On one hand you cation about how important language is as it is there for such a long time and on the other hand you are willing to give up the power to control the language put into your contract to another pilot group. To me scope is the most important section of the contract. There is nothing I will sell it for.
It is the most important section. And we do what we can, as much as we can. To be sure, I'm NOT advocating rolling over during negotiations. Just like the NMB will help us achieve industry standard (+) wages, they will also demand we accept industry scope. Blame the RLA.
The best chance we have to succeed in this endeavor is all 3 of the players have a meeting of the minds prior to negotiations and vow not to break the agreed upon scope. All three in concert has the power, one group on its own is neutered. So no, its not that simple, unless you want to go down the road the USAir east boys did..or APA when the NMB parked them for a few years.
Your bravado, while (in theory) laudable, simply won't succeed how you think it will, IMO.