Originally Posted by EA CO AS

So why is taking actions (or a lack thereof) specifically to disrupt the operation and negatively impact customers somehow "just business" but the company negotiating wages and benefits that would allow it to be more competitive is somehow cause for outrage?

I FaceTime with my family most nights, as I work evenings. I do get to sleep in my own bed just about every night, but then again, as a pilot, you knew what the gig entailed when you signed up for it. That's also one of the reasons you're (justly) compensated at a rate far, far higher than my own.

(I'm not BT, BM, or any of the C-suite people, I promise you that)

Why not just say, "Ok, we got better than what was offered thanks to arbitration, but we're not all the way there, and in the next contract, we'll ask for the rest of what we're looking for," while not taking potshots at the company and undermining the operation until then?

Go to your union meetings, that's what they're for. Express your concerns. Talk to your negotiating committee. Become a shop steward or even ask to be part of the negotiating committee next time around, and rally your co-workers to determine what's important to them in the next contract, then come out swinging for the fences when openers come around sometime in late 2019.

But come on, don't jeopardize everyone else's jobs just because you feel you didn't get all you wanted this time around.