Originally Posted by A300_Driver

Talking with individuals involved in the FDA process, while the MEC negotiated with the company they tried to let them (management) know that they were lowballing the offer.
The MEC sold it to the crewforce because of the new seats and the scope--we really would be hosed here if we didn't have the new seats with this age 65 mess (read seriously overmanned, instead of just overmanned).
The Company failed to offer enough to attract anything but very junior folks, with the exception of a few at the top.
It was not the Union that blew it. It was our company that like you said talks a lot about safety, but when it comes right down to it runs things based purely on cost.