Originally Posted by
gloopy
I don't think its bad faith at all as long as the membership is against it. Maybe if the MEC walked in on day after MEMRAT and says "don[t even bother, we didn't want this anyway" you might have a case. But its 100% legit to go in at any time and credibly say "hey our membership didn't like this so we have to pull it down IAW what we mutually negotiated because as we all know this whole TA wouldn't have MEMRAT'd in the first place without the pulldown provision and our pilot don't want this." The company would have no choice but to respectfully agree with that.
Your hypothetical example of perpetual one year extensions for gains is interesting. However I don't think the company would go for that. They want something from this far greater than whatever they are willing to do during a friendly trial period. That is the entire point of this. I'd also be surprised if DALPA wasn't spring loaded to make this permanent if it was 100% up to them. Would you be against this being made permanent?
Yes. We can go in any time after the agreement and say our membership doesn't like it. It seems like what some are wanting is making a push to drop it before it even gets started.
As for making it permanent: As with everything, I'd have to see how it was being used, what gains we got, and what protections and were put in place for us, before I would be ok with it being made permanent.