Originally Posted by
TonyC
What makes you think The Company stopped stalling now and came to the table with money? Are we doing anything illegal now?
They need more from us than they're getting, and the newhire pipeline won't fill the gap.
Their perception will change when the members send a crystal clear message that their offer is insufficient.
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I think your first question is a good one. But clearly, at least on this site, a lot of people don't think they bothered to come to the table with anything more than pocket change. I suspect that their offer had something to do with NMB pressure, something to do with hoping to get a little more help during peak, and something to do with the hope that we wouldn't accept their offer and start a new timeline that would extend the 2011CBA another 2 years or so.
Let's say 90% of the pilot group votes no on the TA. Pretty clear message. So what? I don't mean that flippantly. I mean, why would they care? I didn't notice 777 captain seats going unfilled on the last bid. Or any captain seats really. I do notice newhires going to every airplane. Again, if that is our leverage, time is on the company's side. We can't stop them from hiring.