Originally Posted by
Plane Ramrod
Problem with this is we were only $47M apart several months ago. After a few "progress was made" emails we can assume the gap to be less than $47M [and which, according to Bendoritis' recurrent comment, was reduced to around $25 million]. That means ALPA isn't asking for something equally ridiculous. If you took the company's offer and added $[25]M over 5 years, would you be a yes voter? I would not.
Ding, ding, ding!
Unless the union can counter this very reasonable assumption (i.e., that the unuion's demand was actually rather "close" to the company's offer), then I believe it's time to retool.
And one way to counter this assumption is for the union to show the pilots their demand to company. Given that the union showed us the company's offer, I can't think of a good reason why the union shouldn't also disclose its demand. It's not like the company's going learn any secrets. Short of that, how about at least some substantive guidance from the union. So far, it's just been deafening silence.