Originally Posted by JB130

Excellent rebuttals Tony.

Having viewed the just-released Contract 21 Openers, I see now why kronan is so adamant in insisting the PSPP (pancake plan) is a Defined Benefit plan....our openers call for improvements to our Defined Benefit plan. The veil of secrecy in negotiations is thus maintained because if they believe (or pretend to believe) the PSPP is a DB plan, they then can claim to have delivered on their promise to "improve our DB plan."

So this is the "Talking Point" kronan is running with from the play called in the huddle...."it's a DB Plan and we're negotiating to improve it". Of course we won't know they're negotiating for pancakes until they spring it on us in the form of a Tentative Agreement. Clever attempt but these tea leaves are just too easy to read. I think I'll be more surprised if they actually negotiate for real improvements to our EXISTING DB Plan.

Pancakes are DOA. This will prove to have been a colossal waste of time and resources when any TA containing PSPP is voted down.

P.S. I really like the video that goes along with the Openers! Kudos to the folks who put that together!