Originally Posted by
flyprdu
You had me until this point. The Tumi TA was shot down not because expectations were spun too high, but because there were some legitimately bad concessions in that deal.
Airline pilots have more leverage now than at any point in our careers. We should be expecting a lot. I'm expecting a giant leap towards parity in this Alaska TA. I'm expecting an air tight contract that removes all of the Alaska-isms that leave us open to abuse, or big compensation if they do.
I'm glad that we're doing more than ever in Alaska's history. It still might not be enough. And waiting for the others to TA first would have helped that cause.
I am not saying an AIP would have morphed into a TA, and an eventual CBA at UA, but the way in which this exploded in spectacular fashion was because of the rumor mill 100%. There are a host of other issues that played into it but we were all utterly shocked at how lacking the AIP was in comparison to the rumors we had heard. Those rumors were also allowed to stew for months before ANY factual info was released by the MEC. Lots of mistakes made and lessons learned here...