Originally Posted by
Rolloutflare
My opinion.
When the two sides meet again in spring. The negotiation result will be the same. The company will tell the mediator that the company and the union are at an impass. The company will then implement what they want to give the pilot group and the union will have a right for self help. This is when the pilots will decide what to do or cross.
Looks like the senior left seat guys are getting interviewed at other places and going to leave again in droves after the holidays anyway, so it really doesn't matter what happens.
the "company cannot implement squat, without their proffer of arbitration being accepted by the nmb...(which they won't do)...then the cooling off period...
I wish it were different but the NMB will not allow a strike at any carrier -
especially one that is contracted by the US military
this is simply a fact of life that we all must understand