Originally Posted by
full of luv
If ALPA were smart they'd make the MEC's do baseball style arbitration where each side puts forth their "best" offer to the other side and the arbitrator just picks either A or B without modifications.
That way each MEC would be responsible for setting reasonable expectations amongst it's membership. Right now, each MEC shoots for the moon with inevitable labor heartache when neither side can be even close to their position in the end.
That's almost how it is now. The last 3 major mergers under the policy were handled as follows:
AWA/USAir - The AWA proposal was adopted.
DAL/NWA - The DAL proposal was adopted.
UAL/CAL - The UAL proposal was adopted (with 2 minor modifications, a 787 Fence and less longevity credit than UAL asked for)
The "less longevity" should matter to the AS pilots because they basically said "airline pilots are airline pilots" and that once joined, they had a collective future and they didn't see longevity as much an important factor as your position at your previous airline.
Its the same 4-5 guys in every arbitration BTW.