Originally Posted by
squib
The pilot group understood that during the voting process. Very minimal gains would have been had while paying more for healthcare. There's a reason it was voted down and it wasn't simply emotion. It was garbage after 5 years of negotiations.
If it were ratified then we would be starting another decade of negotiations right now. Instead we have the leverage we had then if not even stronger now.
There is no question that it was a very disappointing TA and woefully short of what we deserved, but that doesn't mean it was concessionary, nor does it mean that ratifying it would have been a mistake. The fact is that it matters not one bit how much bargaining power you think you have, it only matters how much bargaining power the company thinks you have. And given the 2.5 years it has taken to get TA2, they obviously have a very different opinion.