Originally Posted by
Vincent Chase
Yet this is exactly the group of "experts" that brought us POSTA15. Chant it with me..."PEB!!!!" "There IS NOTHING left on the table!!!"
How you could be "skeptical" we could find "professional negotiators" that 14,000+ pilots would like better than the status quo...
I'm thinking you'd only have to convince like 1/3 of us. The rest would like more from the next TA. And no more excuses like the ones you chanted with me above.
It's also the same process that brought us the current contract.
You don't mention however that changes in the industry resulted in the new TA far more than the people or process used. Our competing airline pilot costs soared based off the rejected TA rates. Delta's profits soared and we had a change in CEO. The change in CEO may have been the biggest gain. Anderson could have stonewalled us for a long time. EB as the new kid on the block needed a deal. In the end contracts always come down to the same issue. Where do your costs stack up to the competition.