Originally Posted by Klsytakesit

The JCBA arbitration will place your pay and retirement a distant fifth amongst US passenger carrying airlines. Scope ,if at all, will be token at best.
Your new masters know that their current workforce posses neither the finances, the unity nor the sick-leave balances to impact their profit stream..Before they bought your work group they determined the same about you.o
You may hear the blind and the uninformed proclaim that record profitability should lead to contract improvement....That may be true in full contract negotiations but you have no voice in this 3 item arbitration.
Brad and Ben will expect you yo be at work 15 to 17 days a month and fly the airplane from point A to point B when the door closes.
Alaska Airlines never nor will they ever place value on your commitment, your input or your engagement in their operation......