Originally Posted by
mcdbirdman
Great post Albie. Finally someone with more than "I don't like this let's vote it down" mentality. The vote on this TA is not whether you like or dislike the TA. We are voting on whether we can FORCE the company to re engage and give us better. Will we have more leverage in 2016 than we did in 2015? Will the crew force be more united in 2016 than it was in 2015. Answer those questions before you vote and then vote accordingly.
I don't think it must come down to "force". There IS leverage, though to make another pass at TA 2. What I bet is that the original pilot desire to improve retirement needs to be reviewed as it was originally sent to the NC to negotiate.
Fixing A plan by trading new hires to a robust B plan is something I've heard to be a desire of a lot of folks I've talked to. I know we didn't want to split the crew force, but the A plan "death" killed this TA for me and many others. If it's a line in the sand for the company, it's also a line in the sand for many of us.
I bet the new TA will be very similar to this with some modifications that will make it pass. We don't have to reinvent the wheel. Fix a couple of things and it will sail through a second time.