Originally Posted by
MrBojangles
the problem is we are the ones that asked for and got these ridiculously low batch sizes in the first place. I dunno why ALPA had to cut back so much. There should have been some serious discussion and testing prior to cutting them back so much. Simple math would tell you that a batch of 1 and 5 will not work in massive categories
That’s the equivalent of the company coming to us for pay concessions for whatever reason, and us saying “I don’t know why ALPA asked for such high pay rates in the first place.”
Everything you’re describing is a failure of the company’s negotiating team, not ALPA’s. Their loss will eventually become our gain. This routinely happens on both sides and is why we have LOAs.