Originally Posted by
Sunvox
Umm, if you read my last line I said I agree; in the end it was a good thing. I'm saying that it wasn't JUST about the two existing contracts that's not how new contracts are negotiated. New contracts are based on the sum of the other unions latest and greatest not just one company's contract whether it was United's or Continental's. Also the "storyline" is not and never was that it had to be the United way or the highway, it actually came down the other direction with JP physically walking out of the room with the other reps saying it was the Continental way or the highway. Fortunately in the end calmer heads prevailed, and our contract today represents some of the best elements of Delta's pay, United's work rules, and Continental's pay bands and monthly hour limits.
Sunvox ... thanks ... previous comment not directed towards you, but others who pescribe to the as described “storyline” ... not rehashing, but again first hand from the rep involved, holding everything hostage was the only way forward at the time ... but as you already said, we are here now, and although not anyone’s pipe dream of a contract, it’s not hell either. Let’s get’em this time!