Originally Posted by
sailingfun
What you state is correct however the companies request for mediation prior to even putting a full opener on the table is very unusual. It is clearly designed to push negotiations to after this summer. I may however change my opinion on that after seeing our opener.
Keep one thing in mind now that we are going to mediation. The NMB has always worked from what they call the zone of reasonableness. They define that zone as how your working conditions and compensation measure up to your peers in the same industry.
I am not disagreeing with that at all. That is why I mentioned the “zone.”
I am sure we will hear from the company on this and it will be interesting to read their take. I try and look at this stuff in an objective and unemotional manner. This could be about getting us through the summer as you say, or it could be a way in their minds to show the pilot group that our ask is out of whack by the NMB. (Ask the APA how that goes)
Whether it is or isn’t, who knows? Until I have seen our complete table position, it would be hard to judge. Of course what matters most, does the NMB think it is or isn’t out of line?