Originally Posted by
gloopy
You blame the MEC, deflect on the blame for Ed and/or the team directly under his command, then posit this theory?
This isn't anywhere near similar to the VB situation where they sat on it way past the agreed upon timeline, promised to discuss their plans with us, then suddenly and overnight sandbagged us with something different "just because they could" so we finally had enough and pulled it down. So now you think because of that, they fake negotiated something that would have saved them a ton of money, cost any participating pilots some money, then pulled it down immediately, well within the timeline agreed upon, out of some semblance of spite, where the only cost to either party was to them by reducing prescious cash reserves by tens of millions, perhaps hundreds of millions assuming a broader application and participation?
Is that about right? And so because of all that, what exactly would you propose we do from PPOS?
I can’t figure out what you’re trying to say, but the little bit I can figure out is that you feel differently about how we got to where we are. That’s cool. We both get an opinion.
I’m not saying the company, or Ed, or his legions of black-hooded minions of Satan or whatever face people want to put on the guys that sit across the table from DALPA are innocent and blameless. There’s plenty of blame to go around. What I am saying, in my opinion, is that the MECs tough-guy approach has precipitated much of this standoff, and the standoff is unlikely to end. I believe the company will proceed, at their own pace, with their plan for cost savings, without engaging the MEC any more than is absolutely necessary. And that is and will be a failure on both sides.
You demand me to ‘propose exactly what we should do’. I can’t say exactly because I don’t know. I do think that, as a general idea, both sides could gain a lot by softening their stance and resuming negotiations. If this brings about mutual gains, it’s a win. Like Michael Corleone said, it’s nothing personal. It’s just business.