Originally Posted by hummingbear

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.