Originally Posted by
VegassBus
So if this happens the way you say, then we all should have just accepted that POS from the company? Even that god awful proposal would BEAT ANYTHING we would realistically get 4 years from now. 4 more years at these horrendous rates, you know, time value money thing. At least a 9 year CA in 2020 under the companies crap proposal would be over 200. Under this POS a 9 year CA makes $155! We are in horrible shape. Even if we went on strike so what Considering past history. You guys went on strike for that awesome $39.50 first year pay and killer slope)
You guys wonder why I'm so miserable.
We're F-----!
Ummm... No.
1. Get in and out of mediation asap
2. Hold out for what a good deal is at that time. This is where we let the MEC/NC hose us last time. They told us the strike was over, go back to work. Three weeks later we got to see the TA. Then the road show sales job started with the threat that a) the NC would quit if the TA failed; and b) we would be in no-man's land if it failed because our brain-trust didn't write a contingency for how a failed TA would be handled into the six page back to work agreement. A lot of pilots were scared into a yes vote because they thought a failed TA meant the end of days. Whether or not you blame incompetence on the NC for omitting it, or if it was omitted on purpose to apply leverage to us is up to you. It is interesting though that 2/3 of the same guys that threatened to quit and leave us hanging are still on the NC. This is why I wanted them gone last year before all the off-record stuff started. BTW, that first year pay actually went down from the 2003 CBA.
Maybe YOU will understand why I get p1ssed when you blame a degenerate like me for loading the NC with people you feel are only acting in MY best interest. If you are interested in a RLA primer
click here. Section V - Major Disputes is the applicable section.