Originally Posted by Lewbronski

It’s about so much more than rates.

And it’s also about the ability to achieve a truly industry-leading contract - not just an industry-leading narrow body contract. We have the leverage available to us if we want to use it to achieve the best pilot contract in the world, bar none and without caveats like “narrow body” or “LCC” or “passenger airline.”

The SWAPA execs and important committee members will have the exact same SWAPA gravy train to ride for themselves as long as they want to regardless of what we ratify.

Really, for Casey and the SWAPA execs and committee people, they’re more like in the position of the mediator than actually trying to get the best possible contract. If they get an agreement, any agreement, that has a few flashy improvements and no Tumi bag attached to it, they win because it will pass as long as they say “best we can do.” At that point, their job is done and their SWAPA gravy train is secured for the rest of their careers. They will look like heroes just like Weaks did for quite a while after the current contract was ratified and before people realized how lacking it is.

In that way, the SWAPA execs and committee guys are in a position kind of similar to the mediator’s of just wanting to get an agreement, any agreement, signed.

Lots of signals have been coming out out that those of us who want an industry leading contract are going to be disappointed. Obviously, I hope I’m wrong, but…