Not to get back on topic but… I was thinking about the status quo argument I posted earlier.
This will probably not be a very popular idea with the green slip crowd, but maybe a little pain now
would solve our contract leverage problem.
Here’s the line of thinking.
If pilots not picking up green slips is viewed as an illegal job action, then would the company greatly increasing the frequency of green slips also be an illegal job action. It’s a way the company is getting more out of us than during the time frame of the contract. That’s the same argument as us doing less than during that same time frame via fatigue, sick, or lack of gs/ws pick ups. Would ALPA be able to argue that green slips per year/bid period/or other time frame be similar to before the amendable date? If ALPA could make that argument (big IF as courts generally side with the company), then the company becomes much more desperate to get back to an active contract.