Originally Posted by
dsevo
Yep, agree. I’m fine with the gamble, my life is good either way.
I was leaning “yes” with the bullet point summary, but now after seeing the language I’m an easy “no.” Anecdotal, but I’ve had many friends tell me the same, some of them being hardliner “yes” votes a week ago.
I was convinced the TA would have an overwhelming membership pass, now I’m not so sure.
Im thinking 60/40 myself, but I don’t think any of us should be surprised that this management group trotted out the fabled approved by 50.1% TA or that our union leadership agreed to it.
The BOD comments say it all to me. The general sentiment that we’re not getting any better offer from AA is near universal. I don’t think that they’re lying, and believe that AA is more than happy to put off their multibillion dollar expenditure until a mediator looks at us and says “Looks fine to me.”
Both yes and no votes make a large assumption. One assumes that this is as far as we can push AA, we largely have ourselves to blame for that, and the other assumes that management will come racing back to the table with a better deal after a failed vote. Or that a mediator will show up with candy baskets in hand.
Recent mediation comments make me dubious of the latter, and my three seconds on property make me somewhat certain of the former. So the choice seems obvious to me.
And I’ll be one of the ones out 5 figures as management takes 18 months to figure out the impossible task of moving a pay step to the diabolical and infamous date of actually being hired.