Originally Posted by
Gary et al
I agree completely. It is absolutely an achievement that we should be happy about, however the company should have had to pay up as well. Why we are doing this during negotiations also seems like a strange strategy to me. Its clear we would have won this in arbitration, why not just TA this to be included in the contract and if we don't get a contract before arbitration tough luck to the company.
It is something that had to be fixed and we didn’t have to spend any negotiating capital inside of section 6 negotiations to secure it. I don’t think arbitration was going to secure a monetary payout for our pilots, only a ruling from the arbitrator that would dictate future management of pilot hotels; which is what we got and then some.