Originally Posted by
Mytime2025
I'd tell em we will see you on the picket line. So many here are pathetic and weak. Get a pair and fight for what's right. BTW financially I'm set probably more than 90% on this thread ( not on a lousy pilots pay but I did it the old fashioned way , I married it). My reason for a retirement has nothing to do with me but those coming after me. So nice try on that one lol.
So…. Yeah, that’s not how you negotiate with the Company (aka the purse strings). If you do that, they’ll just simply shut down. You have to be more diplomatic. I’m not saying that you have to be a pushover, but you cannot just walk into the room and pound your fists on the table and demand what you want. Their reply will be something to the effect of “that’s nice”.
You have to negotiate by convincing them that these changes are beneficial to them. Something that was sorely lacking from our current NC is creative options so that we as a pilot group benefit, but the Company does as well through efficiencies. Also, another concept that has been forgotten by our current NC, is that EVERYTHING in our CBA has a cost. For the Company, and for us. If the Company wants something, they’re going to have to give something up. Scope is obviously (and should be) almost priceless. The 10:00 thing should’ve been VERY expensive for the Company to get relief on, but alas they gave it away for pennies on the dollar…