Originally Posted by
Guppydriver95
There wouldn’t be a contract without the forced upgrades. At least not until we went through the RLA arbitration process, possibly for another couple years before being released to self help. Not saying we shouldn’t have gone down that road, only that Kirby said no deal without the forced upgrades.
I've heard two different stories from MEC members on forced upgrades and that isn't one of them.
And I don't think arbitration would have taken a couple of years. We have shiny new planes delivering without captains to fly them. Do you have any idea what it costs to park those (or the older NG's it's replacing)? Our contract was blocking Kirby from his Legacy....it would not have taken long....