Originally Posted by
Burton78
I'm not trying to be snarky as it's an honest question. What exactly is it that we are 'giving up' on this MOU? In this current environment, as long as SWA pilots are flying the cargo, the only thing I see us giving up is 'receiving' extra flying opportunities if we vote No on this. Am I missing something?
Honestly I am not a hard no on the mou. What are we giving up? By specifically having an mou it fell outside of our negotiated contract. Cargo was a specific re-opener.
When a contract is negotiated by the union and the company it is with a total dollar value in mind. Weighing what the company can generate through revenue streams and basing our compensation off of that. We did not base our current contract on the fact that swa would be flying strictly cargo trips.
Again I’m not totally against it, but I would have at least like to have seen a gesture of good will. Some examples could have been closing some of the grievances, rolling back some other archaic rules here that would have not cost the company. Like reserve elitt to name one.
Just one pilots opinion. All I know is that swa has never let a good downturn go to waste. They play chess while we are still playing checkers.