Originally Posted by
Koolaidman
However, if ALPA were voted in it would have been much longer before any pay/QOL issues would have been voted in.
Again, it took two months to fudge some numbers around and come out with this phantom pay increase. We could get another proposal in two weeks!!!
It may have taken longer but it may have not taken very long either. Nothing would have stopped management from expediting negotiations especially since they seem eager to bring up first year FO rates. The upside is so much bigger that it would have been worth that risk.