Originally Posted by
NEDude
According to the chief U.S. negotiator, the chief E.U. negotiator, the U.S. DOT attorneys and the E.U. Article 17bis does not apply to NAI and does not constitute a legal basis for the denial of the operating permit. The people who wrote and enforce the agreement say it does not apply. Are you claiming that the people who wrote the agreement do not understand it?
Not implying that at all. It's obvious now that the language was crafted from the day it was added so that holes could be punched in it as required. Just like a no-furlough clause. ALPA's mistake appears to have been assuming that the language had teeth, when it obviously didn't. Perhaps they should have known better.