Thats funny stuff.

BTW, Thumbs is right. ALPA should bring a proposal thats higher than the current Alaska rates. And rules. Im pretty sure ALPA has brought that too. The company consistently uses rates to negotiate the ALPA rules requests. The problem the company faces is that our rules suck so bad that there's nothing to give back.

Our pay rates are so far behind industry average that there's nowhere to negotiate rules for rates. They're beat at the table. So, the only way to negotiate when you're beat is to stall. The longer you stall the more you save. The only thing that ALPA could propose to speed things up would be a signing bonus that increases every month we operate without a TA.

-Bubs