Originally Posted by
motorboatin
That's exactly right. I talked to one of the NC guys about this issue. I was told that they discussed moving all current first year FOs immediately up to second year pay in an effort to protect those on property. The union is all over this. No need for us to be second guessing and speculating. I believe that they, with the assistance from the experts at ALPA, are all over this sh!t. Although some on this forum would like you to believe it's true, the sky is not falling.
I heard the same from an NC member. Let the union do its job. They sure as heck aren’t trying to bargain for less to get a deal done early, but they are taking steps to get a deal done (i.e. get us into a cooling off). The last update indicated the MEC was meeting this week to discuss feedback from the NMB. I can’t imagine that wasn’t delayed at least a couple days due to the single day of government shutdown (it started at Midnight on Friday and ended before Tuesday morning); these government bureaucrats use any excuse they can to procrastinate. Maybe we’ll have an update by end of week.