Originally Posted by
DrJekyll MrHyde
Cheers to that! I have a similar feeling. The letter to the NMB was definitely thorough, it was both a damning recap (for the company) of negotiations and a well worded call-to-action.
If this isn’t effective, then ALPA National better be ready to take the gloves off; because it is indicative of a problem with the RLA process that effects the bargaining power of every U.S. ALPA pilot group. ALPA Intl represents 60,000 pilots, so if a call-to-action from the President of the largest pilot union in the world representing one of the smallest US major carriers doesn’t produce results, how would ALPA claim it is still an effective representative for its much larger pilot groups? They can not let the NMB slither away from its responsibility to declare an impasse, doing so would send a very clear message that to all airlines that they may follow suit in their negotiations, because the RLA process is effectively dead.
^^^This.
Our negotiations have been a blueprint for the process that leads to the 30 day cooling off. Our union has been more than reasonable, pilots have taken no adverse actions, management has been found to bargain in bad faith by a neutral party, and management proposals have been unreasonable by any and all metrics. If we aren’t released, no one will be.