Originally Posted by
JohnBurke
I was in engineered cockpits when the move from 60 to 65 happened; I saw captains who moved from captain to engineer, return to the left seat, then retire again to the FE seat. Such changes hadn't been incorporated in the CBA's because the regulation had changed since the CBA was negotiated. Consequently, issues such as keeping seniority the second time around reared up, and other things which hadn't been addressed.
Each was handled on its merits as an individual case, or by agreement and MOU as needed.
Negotiations don't just end at date of signing.
Interesting scenario. It does provide leverage as now management needs something and there’s language forcing negotiation with far changes. When 117 came into existence f9 contract had pay protection for old 30/7 and 100 in 30. So you could simply build up to those limits, then exceed them, and get paid to not work. All kinds of leverage for at least a year. In typical indigo fashion they wanted us to give all that up and come to their terms with reassignment and such so nothing happened till a new agreement.