Originally Posted by
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We could just bury our heads in the sand and say "management wins."....again.
Or, We could say enough already.
Funny, management can take in all away in one fell swoop, in one contract, they get it all. Then, we take 30 years clawing back to get crumbs.
Funny, management kills the career in one concessionary round and we suck eggs for an eternity.
Scope...…..gone.
Bankruptcies management wins with their golden parachutes, and we're stuck in the cargo hold and we lose it all while they vacation in their home in Barbados.
RJ's came in one contract, but we can't un-do it? We can't put the jennie back in the bottle?
PBS, the concession that keeps on giving. Lets kill that for a start and take that back. We need to add up every single concessionary dollar that we've taken and take it back. In one single contract.
30 years of commercial flying is sweet, factor in the lost decade, and the fact that we haven't taken it back....man oh man. We can't take it back in one contract? why the heck not? They took it in one contract. Plus they owe us interest.
Some of the things were chipped away over time, some were taken in one big hit. 9/11 was a big deal and the airlines took full advantage of that leverage. Today do we have the same leverage to take it all back, especially in one contract? Although we’re in one of the best negotiating positions in years, I’d say no. It would most likely take withholding our labor to accomplish that. The company and the investors know that we will never get released. We could have a 100% strike vote, use informational picketing or some other public show of unity to voice our frustrations, but at the end of the day they will view that as a child holding it’s breath. We may have the will and desire to do what is necessary, but those who we’re up against know that we lack the legal authority to do it.
I’m not saying that I’m in a giving mood. We should hold the line on scope, work on improving reserve rules, sick leave, etc. If people think that we’re going to have 76 seat jets at mainline and take back everything either taken or traded away over the last 20 years in one contract, they should be prepared to be disappointed. The company wants scope relief, we won’t give them what they want. This isn’t going to end in an agreement any time soon. Until then I’ll fly my current contract and let those at the table do their job.