Originally Posted by
Race Bannon
UAL did the same thing this time around(went first) as Delta did last round. We set the lower limit by turning down the Tumi TA, and Delta used that as a springboard (and the CEO flapping his gums on CNBC thereby irritating the mediator) to get a contract. Now AA has used the Delta contract as a new lower limit, and hopefully we will reap the rewards when we finally ink the last deal this contract cycle.
Semantics? Possibly. But the logic seems pretty sound as far as pattern bargaining.
Semantics, indeed. I’d say “setting the lower limit” is a very generous way of framing our colosal failure, but your timeline is off. Remember, Delta already had their TA by the time we actually got around to voting on ours. Our no vote was nothing more than us cleaning up our own mess, & absolutely no one “spring-boarded” off of us.