How far apart are labor and management at Alaska?
Post consolidation, this tactic has only been effective in a limited number of circumstances. It has to be the end game in mediation, usually after several years of working with the NMB. For this to work, the mediator must feel confident that the pilot union is more committed to reaching an agreement than their counterparts on the management side. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, it’s my understanding that the two parties have only been in mediation since January, which looks like a fairly heavy rhetorical lift.
The Alaska pilots are lagging the industry in compensation, and earn about $19 less per hour than pilots at Delta.