Hey NWSteering That’s pretty funny, I was just doing that. And you are exactly right, there is a distinct difference in the presentation and tone. The ALPA letter is organized, well thought out, and conveys an overview of the entire span of the negotiation period. It has a tone of being calm collected and steadfastly on point that the company is tactically stalling and wants the contract to be discounted below the industry norm. Noting that only recently has the company done anything to appear to be bargaining in good faith. Mainly wasting everyones time till they were nudged into having to do “something”.

In stark contrast, the company letter is completely defensive in nature. It immediately resorts to implying that ALPA is asserting the board failed, which is laughable seeing how accommodating the board has been in trying to get the company to be reasonable. It then jumps about irradically defending the company’s offers by using things that have only happened just recently and trying to discredit the NC as being deceptive and dishonest. The letter is a joke, and completely transparent. It looks as if it were written by Nathan Thurm himself. It comes accross as a whiny brat that got caught with their hand in the cookie jar and they’re trying to blame it on everyone else.

I’m sure that the NMB members involved know what to do, and that putting a deadline on the company is the only way they will bargain in good faith. Heck, even when pressed to make a final offer, they revealed their true colors by being disingenuous even then to try and stall. Biff bear showed how scared he is to have us get released, so put his back up against a wall and let’s see how serious he is about getting a deal done.