Originally Posted by dn_wisconsin

I bet the company is presenting dollar figures for PBS vs. line bidding and transition conflict vs no conflict. They'll want that taken from the overall compensation package and say with those numbers plus x amount of pay and x amount of retirement we will make what Delta, AA, and United make. They know exactly how much the conflict costs them. That's why they didn't honor it and fought it.

This I all a numbers game to them. How can they give us the least amount of compensation and make us work the most. It's exactly what happened in 2010. We gained a little here and there and lost in other places. The current contract was cost neutral for the first 3 years.

Originally Posted by skybolt

They're too busy working us to vote for whatever they negotiate, they don't see that they're disclosing their goals.

Agreed, not a positive update. But, I don't expect any update. I expect the MEC, the Communications Committee, the P2P, etc, to work at keeping us unified and working together. I expect the NC to negotiate, leave the comm up to the Comm Committee and stop begging us for validity.

add in edit: I don't want an update. I want the MEC and NC to work and get the best deal available. If that takes more than six weeks, that's all the update I need. That is, time passing and time past should be an adequate indicator of negotiation progress. That is (2), the company can make a deal in short order if they want to, any lengthy timespan indicates a recalcitrant management team.