Originally Posted by
Lewbronski
It is a huge, as in HUGE, if. I seriously doubt that we have that kind of resolve though I'd also love, love, love to be proven wrong. And I likewise have major trust issues with the way our pilot group performs in negotiations for many, many reasons.
While the SAV was encouraging, it's only a step in the right direction. Both Alaska and Delta obtained similar SAV results and they both folded for far short of what they could have obtained.
Given our history and our culture, our pilot group is most similar in attitude and expectations to Alaska's pilot group. When I look at what happened there with their most recent contract and what has happened here for the last several decades, up to and including the latest LRF agreement during Section 6 negotiations/mediation, I am not encouraged. Again, I hope to be proven utterly incorrect.
I dont know, while I know there is a history here that I am not privy too, it would seem at least from my very small sample size that people are not going to accept something sub-par. I hope I am right and you are wrong, only time is going tell on this one and a constant push by the union to stay focused.