Originally Posted by
tnkrdrvr
My impression is that if we made minimum wage the company would see us as an overpaid cost center. That said, I do think the company will pay market rate wages. The devil is generally in everything else. Work rules will be a struggle when the company can take any proposal we make, code it into a copy of the optimizer, run a few bid periods, and know exactly how they can circumvent it. They then come to the table and try to get something they want in exchange for a QOL “gain” they’ve already figured out how to destroy in execution.
In other words, I think the next negotiation will be tough. Tougher than previous rounds? Only time will tell.
I see it completely different. This pilot has made slow, lasting improvements in the last couple CBA’s that the one article that needs the most attention is scheduling. We will use most of our negotiating capital to improve this section. We do not need to make drastic changes in most other sections. IF, and that is a big if we can make significant improvements in scheduling, we will have a truly industry leading contract. Night flying will always be part of this job, but many issue need to be addressed.