Originally Posted by
Hedley
I also understand that the limiting factor to an agreement at any airline is total cost and how operations could be affected. Our job is to maximize financial and QOL gains within the confines of a cost structure that the other side of the table will eventually except.
Well, sort of. What I take issue with is the idea that cost is set & the union only has the ability to shuffle pieces around within a predetermined amount. To illustrate, the company’s initial offer (Delta rates + current book) is way less than we are asking them to spend; & as they come around to various provisions without ALPA ceding ground in other areas, the total dollar amount is going up. So part of “our job” is to challenge & change the “confines of the cost structure the company is willing to accept”- not just to operate within it.