Originally Posted by
SeamusTheHound
Where do you get this stuff?
The company DESPERATELY needs this FRMS in order to start a bunch of new ultra-long haul in 2016. Without it they are in a serious bind under the current contract. Why do state with such certainty the impossibility of sending the Neg Comm back if the MEC rejects it?
The 45-day negotiations window was arbitrary. Deadlines and other "urgency" measures are just age-old negotiating tactics. I believe the company wanted a quick negotiation because they think Heppner is weak and that they'd need to pay more for the relief they want under a new MC and, most likely, a new Neg Comm.
Really, where do you come up with ANY hard and fast restrictions that prevent the MEC from sending the negotiators back to the table? There's no real reason they couldn't spend another month to get things fixed.
This not a Section 6 negotiation. This was explained as a one shot deal from both the Company and ALPA. ALPA is happy to wait for openers to happen if this AIP is not ratified. If it does go down, MAYBE the Company and ALPA will continue negotiations. That's a maybe, that hasn't even been discussed by either party.