Originally Posted by Pilotdude3407

As I said to an earlier poster, the problem is people keep merging these two concepts. This is not negotiating as seen on TV. There is no fist banging on the table, there is no calling of names of people in the room, there is no anger (in the room). You strategize, you propose, and then you get a response and there can be some discussion back and forth. At the end of the day, the negotiating committees job is the get a deal. They have marching orders and should have a good idea as to what the MEC (and ultimately the pilots) would and would not support. The negotiating committee does NOT have the power or ability to tell the company that “we will just see you on the picket line”. That is an MEC decision carried out by the SPSC committee. They are two totally separate things. During an actual cooling off period or even strike, the negotiating committee is not walking the picket line (physically), they are actively engaged with the company negotiating team trying to secure a deal. That is their job. Period.


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