Originally Posted by
Apejackson
I was on the call and I’d agree that some very good info came out. Like the fact that industry standard is for the pilot group to get a percentage of the savings from the switch.
However, one thing did stick out to me that bothered me and I know it bothers me because I have absolutely no trust in management to “do the right thing”. The timeline we were given said that we would do shadow bidding for a few months. Then we’d go full on to PBS for a few months. THEN we would have the pilot vote. My concern is that at that point even if we vote NO that at that point management will say that the line bidding isn’t available anymore and the crap sandwich we were handed is here to stay.
That was addressed too. PBS would touch so many parts of the contract that it would be nearly impossible for it to just be given to us. With Rd1, sap, Rd 2, seniority based, fcfs, percentage of required opentime needed to be available. The ALPA lawyer on the call even said PBS isn’t a “similar” bidding software thats outlined in the contract.
edit: I get where you’re coming from and I agree. Trust has been broken, and they shouldn’t be trusted.