The union care insomuch that new hires are ‘associate’ members and both will pay dues in future and are instrumental to the growth of the company and seniority of their members.
Management have obviously finally accepted the reality of the 2022 pilot hiring world and need to do more to attract pilots. First year pay rises and hotels are a toe in the water. How much is retention going to cost..?
the union recognizes the power dynamic is different and is exercising that leverage to the benefit of its members. That’s their job. There are a pile of contract grievances that the company has been playing g hardball will. ALPA is using it’s leverage to resolve all those and likely much more. NH hotels may appear to be caught in the middle; but they are not really. B&B aren’t going let 48 pilots walk out before day 1 over a hotel room. Let the chess players make their moves. It’s gonna be a fun summer…
//PL