Originally Posted by
Nucflash
Agreed. Frankly, the company may be viewing the “minimal” (Nocella’s word) outlay to pull the seats as a way to buy them a bit more negotiating capital and instill a little fear. The association will be closely monitoring *IF* the mods actually take place. My general assumption is that the company will proceed as Nocella outlined and I feel we should be prepared for the eventuality that management will exercise the full contractual rights they are allowed.
Yet it’s an interesting comparison. United management is doing this during negotiations because they are exercising “the full contractual rights they were allowed” but when the Atlas pilots attempted to ‘just fly the contract’ and not volunteer for premium pay, that was considered to be a violation of the status quo during contract negotiations:
https://www.supplychaindive.com/news...reight/509720/
it would seem like what was sauce for the goose ought to be sauce for the gander...