Thank you for helping me make my point. As a pilot it is our natural tendency to want to help our enemy and support them. I wish what you said were true. The bonuses could not be there without the approval of the unions. They could easily go to federal court and get an injunction to stop the bonuses as a violation of the status quo. Truth is they either have bad legal advise or they want the bonuses.

And the new hires are under the CBA. The CBA covers everyone in the bargaining group by law. This is true even if the covered employee chooses not to be a member of the union. When union representation is voted in by a bargaining group and a CBA is entered into, individual ability to negotiate ones own deal is lost and the CBA controls. A company cannot pay any employee covered under the CBA except under the terms of the CBA. Special deals are not allowed.

Everyone on this site can research the limits of "status quo" and you will come to the same conclusion yourself. I posted a list of cases discussing status quo and how the bonuses are a violation of status quo and my posts were deleted by the administrator. I will start another thread discussing status quo and we can see how long it lasts. I'm happy to debate the issue anytime.