Originally Posted by
Tranquility
Oh I agree with you, and I've heard as much from two different chairs. If the company were smart, they would have dangled something small like JetBlue on dos with only minor tweaking to transition, I'd bet money 51% would've voted yes to that last spring. They would've had us locked in for cheap compared to everyone... That ship has sailed, and the cost of business is going up as each new contract at other airlines is ratified. Good luck to them arguing before a mediator why their last proposal is justified.
I don't think the company had no intentions to get anything done. It was just a pantsing game with the union to show some "bargaining in good faith".