Originally Posted by astral

First rule of negotiating!







MEC/NC does not care about RES, they are senior enough to avoid it.

Their view is the same as Bendo's: RES is not supposed to be a choice.

We will NEVER get RES drops or any of our QOL we willingly gave up, enjoy your 1/6 Retro!

March 2018 was an epic fail:

NC negotiating while on a TRO, where was ALPA national?

They should have been relieved of their duties based on that alone!

Negotiating scared and tired, gets to be too much for anyone.

I don't blame the NC, they did their best, but were outclassed.

They walked out of the deal in November 2017, when Bendo threw the PBS MOU the last minute.

What changed between then and March? We voted on that same proposal+PBS!

Anyone that has some time in this industry knows that the vote on the first offer is ALWAYS NO!

Subsequent offer will no doubt be an improvement.

Even timing was terrible. Who signs in March?

Wait till high season, starting June to Sept and hit them when it hurts.



Lessons learned, hopefully!