Originally Posted by
Giordano Bruno
Oh, you mean like TA1?
Considering negotiations have been on a regular schedule for months, I'd say whatever is happening now has survived "first contact" with the NMB just fine.
Our Section 6 position might not have changed in more than a year (I'll take your word for it), but the pilot compensation market sure has. I just hope the MEC adjusts our economic asks upward before the company accepts whatever our position is now as a win for them.
In fact, I bet if the company accepted our table pay rate position tomorrow, the mediator would say to us, "guys, this is a year old now, are you sure you don't want to make any changes?"
One thing is certain: you'll be negotiating against us no matter how much leverage we have. Thank goodness you only have one vote now.
I think you should ask your reps if we have even made a formal turn of the term sheet on Section 3. I don’t believe we have, which would run counter to all of your assumptions. I expect a big pay increase, but I won’t trade away my work rules to get it.
The anonymous swipe at the end is just sauce for the goose. You cannot win on the terms, so you try to make it about me. Thank you.