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Anyone with a brain realizes that is the definition of an impasse and a union with any marbles would file suit to get released.
Originally Posted by sqwkvfr
The company has said many times, both privately and publicly, that it is not willing to return to negotiations.Anyone with a brain realizes that is the definition of an impasse and a union with any marbles would file suit to get released.
Yet the company stated it would return to the table.
Management will keep coming back and will keep making very slow signs of "progress." If you jump half-way to a goal each time, you'll never actually get there ...but progress is still being made.
Look at the big picture: there is no way the NMB will release the IBT to strike in the run-up to a presidential election. The pilots would just be forced back to work anyway.
This thing has another 3 years in it at least...