Originally Posted by notEnuf

Personal attack piece. So who's driving the wedge hoping to retake power?

The author seems the more likely suspect.

No voters already deciding their personal minimums?, how about yes voters artificially capping the rational ask?

I'll just wait and judge the product on its merits. Malone first spoke the word restoration when he came into office and now says: "Let there be no doubt—the next agreement must be a clear and decisive win for the pilot group." I'm patiently waiting to see exactly what that means. Malone has our support, the negotiating team has our support. If the negotiations are not progressing to this end, all they have to do is inform us of the situation. That's all we ask. Unlike bankruptcy, record profits don't allow for the same leverage. This may take time, but that's entirely up to management. If there is no deal, that is not a failure of our team.

Originally Posted by notEnuf

Conceivably pass by 70%? By what data and who's estimation? When has that ever happened?

Was that metric used last time? If so, it was way off. If not, why not?

The MEC has our input and our surveys, if we don't get a deal the threshold has not been met. No, if there is no deal, it is entirely managements fault.

We don't need a deal, we need a restorative deal because now they can afford it. QOL is not negotiable.

Negotiations are all about costs and in this case cost increase tolerance by management. If they need more pilots to fly, hire more pilots. If they can't hire more, invest in training and recruitment by making the job more desirable. Everything comes down to dollars. If there aren't enough dollars on the table its because management didn't put them there.