Originally Posted by
DashTrash
What is going on? We have a series of Tentative Agreements from Delta, FedEx, and Southwest that are largely concessionary in an environment that is conducive to large gains by each associated pilot group. I'm concerned about the union leadership (or lack thereof). No one seems to want to move the ball forward. I can't believe that these agreements have actually reached the pilot groups. It's mystifying!!! I hope that our MEC doesn't lay down like the union leadership from the airlines listed above.
I think it's much more complicated than that. This goes to highlight just how stacked against us the railway labor act is. Even in good times there is little incentive for management to negotiate up. It requires pressure and leverage, something the pilot group is limited in by law. I suspect that the substandard TA's being brought forward to the pilot groups are to create that leverage