Originally Posted by
LeeFXDWG
Wont hold my breath for bringing the E jets on property. That’s just me despite the fact I wish it would happen.
Now, please remember that every scope protection we have came at a cost. The company and ALPA place a different value on every item in the UPA but suffice it to say the pulling out 6 seats wasn’t for free. And we’ve paid for that decision more or less since it was negotiated.
Really folks, I do hope we avoid CH22 but what we don’t want is so called blocked seats that are available. See First Day Orders as it relates to CH11
Lee
I agree. Everything in the contract comes at a price to both us and the company, the difference being where each places the value. The company was willing to cough up higher compensation in exchange for less restrictive scope language. We valued scope protections more than their money, therefore we have our current contract and not something else. We live and die by the contract, especially when things are bad. I’d like to be able to at least reduce the furlough if we can come to an agreement that leaves the UPA intact, but I’d rather furlough, and even get furloughed, than to change one word in the contract. I don’t want to spend the next 10 years trying to get it back.