Originally Posted by
captnate702
I get that he wants certainty for what happens when the contract is violated. But the certainty is arbitration. There is no other mechanism to enforce the contract with the RLA hanging over our heads.
The problem is we keep getting told that arbitration wins are coming but then we keep losing the “industry standard” arbitrations. Union was super confident about VFNs, rental cars, SAP going abg, Merlot, etc. and we’ve lost all of them. If we lose the RAPs one then that is a long losing streak.
The strategy worked for a while but something happened and now all do we lose. I don’t want the hope of winning arbitrations to enforce the next contract. This just seems like stuff to make the exco and AR’s job easier. He’s not some selfless leader that is just trying to serve others (see his PGD line every month), he’s a politician making sure he gets his and imo all this noise about sections 18 and 19 are more for his benefit than mine.
Just pay me more money. Make vfns 300%, increase my guarantee, increase my rates, top notch retirement DC, etc. all those numbers cannot be argued or manipulated. Those numbers I know I will get because numbers do not lie.
No way. Its a hard No from me on a quick pay deal.
Look, the reason we keep loosing arbitrations is the turd of a contract a bunch of sell-outs voted for last time. Those guys need to keep quiet or find another industry.
We will not be part of the crap that has plagued this pilot group for the past 6 years. It is time to bring G4 to the same level as the other players with these aircraft. Anything less is a total disgrace to the industry. 90% or better of those who I speak to agree. no contract unless its the right contract. Let the company shrink if they want to play games with their share price. If G4 cant match the true competitors (Jet Blue, Southwest etc, not Alevo, Breeze and Suncountry) then it needs to go away, become a distant memory.