Originally Posted by
juliettangofly
Got off the press today thru a union communication :
Fellow Pilots:
Your Negotiating Committee and the Company have reached an agreement in principle (AIP) on the key financial terms of the next contract, and we are now working towards a tentative agreement (TA) on the full contract. An AIP, or Agreement in Principle is a steppingstone to a contract. It means the Negotiating Committee and the Company agree “in principle” to the fundamental terms of the agreement.
We will meet again with the Company next week to finalize a few remaining issues in hopes of reaching a TA in the next few sessions.
If there are a few remaining items, then it is not an AIP.
It is disingenuous IMHO to announce this. Nothing is stopping the company from not finalizing the few remaining issues.
This sounds more like the Union helping the Company stop attrition. Giving away leverage.
Once all items are agreed on, then you have an AIP.
Then it goes to lawyers to put it in contractual legal talk.
When that is done, it is a TA, which the MEC votes to accept or reject.
If accepted, it goes to membership for a vote.
Given the history of Amerijet, IMHO this is really bad form by the MEC to announce an AIP & of course as I mentioned, with open times it is not an AIP.