Originally Posted by
Bluedriver
Got it, so no other airline is permitted to exceed the highest pay rate per airframe that exists in the industry? Or there is some limit to how much above another airlines top rate you can go?
Did the mediator tell us to remove SWA from the pay comparisons because they don't operate the A320?
That's not how it works. The mediator is nothing more than an agent of for progress. We are under no legal obligation to accept any suggestions whatsoever. If we do, it is purely our OPTION that we foolishly do. The RLA covers this. The entire mediation process is nothing more than a series of attempts at VOLUNTARY resolution.
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