Originally Posted by
motorboatin
I don’t think you’ve been paying attention because this makes no sense. Back track? How do you even come up with those words? We are presently at $166 something and union is negotiating something in the $245 range, plus dc, etc. There is no back track there and a previous proposal is just that, a proposal. Talk to a rep and get yourself educated.
I’m not talking about our current pay rates, I’m talking about the original proposal. A large number of F9 pilots have stated on this forum that they expect a better deal than the Spirit AIP. The original proposal from our MEC (pay scale anyway) is already less than Spirits AIP. In our last mediated session ALPA agreed to reduce the overall cost by 80 million. So yes the words “back track” come into play or if you prefer “reverse course” to negotiate higher rates not lower in future sessions. This is my second airline and 3rd contract, I’m familiar with the process. I’ve never seen an MEC propose $245 and walk out with $260.
So to clarify, my concern is that we are either going to receive a TA well below our expectations, or that the company is going to call ALPA’s bluff on their last proposal and ALPA will have to back track and ask for more. The NMB could view that as being unreasonable. I hope I’m wrong.