This one topic: the MBCBP, is why I’ve asked my LEC reps about details of what was actually proposed to the company. I support the four pillars for contract improvements, but I don’t want something like this, on which they won’t openly discuss the cost, nor will they discuss why it hasn’t been specifically polled amongst the pilot group (“we polled on retirement issues”) holding the rest of the contract negotiations hostage. I’m not happy with the reported behavior of the company either: no openers on some of the most substantial sections, no counters to our openers in those sections, and a big say vs do gap, ie “we ran too lean this last summer and we won’t do that again” vs pace of onboarding looks a lot like preparation for an instant replay of staffing levels of last summer (with the possibility that some within the company think they’ll have things better balanced between categories, so it’ll be OK).

The pilot group writ large is being treated like mushrooms, kept in the dark and fed a lot of . . . You get the idea.