I attended one of the dog and pony shows the last time. I asked why the hotel language was not stronger in the last TA compared to the contract. An ALPA attorney at the meeting told me it was not possible to have stronger language regarding hotels. He then went on to tell me that if we wanted better hotels that we should call in fatigued more often. I was shocked. That is how our union is fighting for us. The road shows do NOT do anything for us, but trying to ram this down our throats.

So if it was not possible to have stronger language in the hotel section, then why does this TA contain stronger language? The hotel language needs to be even stronger than what is in this TA. It should state that we are involved in the actual selection and approval of all hotels. This TA invites members of the hotel committee to onsite visits and allows our input. We still would not have an actual say. Also, the clause about keeping hotels until the end of the hotel contract needs to go. We have no idea how long of a contract the company has with some of these dumps.