Originally Posted by
OldBiff
You know we’re going to lose, because that’s what we do at arbitration. Mainly because our reps think that faith, spirit, and feelings are part of contract law. They’re always woefully outgunned and it shows.
Paraphrasing from a reliable source;
- Signing bonus is for new hires replacing the current NH bonus. It doesn’t apply to current pilots agreeing to the LOA.
- LOA allows PSA to deliberately over-schedule the training center in case of washouts/unseats.
This shook out like so;
PSA MEC was approached by their management a short time ago and were forced to sign NDA’s before being shown the proposed agreement. Their MEC met a week later and were also forced to sign NDA’s. It appears that ALPA National was not informed of the developments until it went public.
Here’s the most important part;
It’s no accident that AAG dropped this on PSA first. Trying this with all 3 WO’s at once would have encouraged pattern bargaining. They wanted to set the bar low to prevent anyone from negotiating add-ons based on PSA’s history.