Originally Posted by
JamesBond
...when ALPA invokes the usual iron clad language with the 'we didn't think they'd do that' proviso you should not be the least bit surprised when that perdiem drops. Of course the coming economic disaster will probably carry us well into the next contract (assuming we sign this one within the next 5 years or so) so there's that.
I agree that this is a threat we need to brief. IMO there needs to be some sort of "check valve" qualifier that clearly makes this one way. One sentence ought to do it.
As for anything, bullet points are cool but we have to run through the language to see in what ways are it possible to have an adverse effect. DALPA negotiators and ALPA lawyers are great. But 14,000 pairs of eyes on it is even better.