Originally Posted by
Freight
As someone who would also be on the chopping block I 100% agree. Please DO NOT vote yes thinking you’re doing us a favor. At the end of the day, the company is going to do what they want regardless of the outcome. But, the company hasn’t mentioned furlough at all, this has all come from the union.
Why would the union, the pilot group, the company, or the junior 700 want to take a substandard contract to hang on to a $h!tty flying job to make 54 hrs/month? Nobody benefits from this approach. This will be the contract that is the starting point for the next. We will be behind forever. This is like agreeing to compete in a race that you've already been guaranteed to lose.
Voting this in is a vain and unenforceable attempt to keep junior jobs that will make jobs them not worth keeping. The company is not obligated to do anything differently (other than tiny tweaks to SAM which really don't have much to do with furlough) under the TA.
The MEC has taken virtual hostages. Let's not make real concessions.