Originally Posted by
Justabusdriver1
The point is if this gets voted down we have no idea what happens next because it’s the companies decision. They could decide not to come to the table till the amendable date. They could decide to scrap the current ta and start from scratch and negotiate a new short term ga. They could decide to go into section 6 and do the whole thing either now or at the amendable date. There’s only one scenario where they come back immediately and renegotiate starting with the current ta and we really have no idea what would happen next. The idea is if we don’t have this TA and go to tpa or full section 6 would you rather go through that at our current rates or the new ones. There’s no guarantee the company comes back to play ball right after a no vote.
I think Noisecanceller’s point is that it won’t take 3 years under c2018 as evidence of the record timing TA that was offered to us, which was not out of kindness or upcoming merger, but purely necessity to stop the bleeding of pilots.
It will be a much shorter negotiating section 6 after a failed merger with a C2018 vs this TA. Higher rates under the TA will make it easier, but it’ll probably take longer.