Originally Posted by
ReluctantEskimo
Again, why is Alaska leading the pack when the market hadn't even been set yet?
We were assigning value for something in the blind? They conducted phone polling and asked "how much of a % raise do you want" (by the way they asked that in 2019 before inflation) and no one had any idea what the market rate would be after the dust settled. That was why the snap was so important, in case we missed it by it mile.
Spoiler alert: We missed it by a mile.
Originally Posted by
ReluctantEskimo
If poor results cannot be criticized, then we are done as a useful entity.
Nothing wrong with criticism, but you're coming across as if your "contract disappointment bloodlust" will not be satiated until the NC/MEC is marched out in blindfolds, tied to posts, and shot at high noon.
Listen, do I wish we had similar SNAP UP language like the others? Hell yeah! I wish we were right up there 340ish to 360ish. But I think given the totality of the circumstances at the time, our NC negotiated a rate and MRA clause that they thought was workable.
I do think the ground shifted from under the feet of our contract when DL knocked it out of the park, but I also believe AS rate was used as one of the leverages to achieve it. I concede we'll never know for sure, but if I believe my union was truthful in their comms to us, then we just got a bad bounce of the ball.
As someone mentioned, our union leaders do seem somewhat shell-shocked that we ended up where we are. It's not the best situation, but it's not an untenable situation and, "we'll get em next time" (Caution - triggering phrase
