Do you even know what McCaskill-Bond is ? I made no reference to that, nor did my points involve it, so what orifice you yanked that from, God only knows. Yes, the 824 was the result of an arbitration (of which I have a copy BTW), but once that is completed, all bets are off.
You REALLY should do more due diligence when making an argument.
SLI's are about integrating seniority, NOT about altering negotiated contractual provisions. If you think the PPA is bullet proof, you're fooling yourself. The contractual provisions I'm talking about regarding flow-thru modifications in all likelihood will be willingly accepted by the respective unions to ensure a smooth and harmonious integration of which will be demanded of them if they want to play ball. The other factor I mentioned has nothing to do with integrations, contracts or arbitrations, it is a landscape function of supply and demand. The landscape will inevitably change (again
) and those who aren't interested in playing ball can easily be strong-armed out of the game or until they cry "uncle", whichever occurs first.
In fact, Envoy ALPA has ALREADY cried uncle since their initial hard stand of no concessions and in fact, their new Comm chair is leading the "cooperate and graduate" parade only in reverse for Envoy pilots to get a
do-over. I think you are really quite naïve in considering the future. Hundreds, if not thousands of regional pilots before you have both made the same mistake and failed to learn from the past and so in all likelihood will you take your seat in that stadium when the time comes.
I'll be the guy over by the popcorn stand munching away and sipping a beer when that occurs.
