Originally Posted by
TED74
You guys who keep saying “nothing in return” either don’t know the details or you’re intentionally ignoring the facts of the agreement or the circumstances surrounding it. It’s fine to disagree with the trade we made with the settlement agreement or feel like we didn’t get enough, or demand that something so important go to memrat. But you sound like an ignoramus to imply one man unilaterally gave the company something for nothing. A majority of our reps, in conjunction with and on the recommendation of a well-informed, hard-working and pilot-friendly scheduling committee chair, decided to strike the deal they did. Your hyperbole on the matter perfectly illustrates why we don’t need thousands of pilots group-thinking our way onto direct- electing a snake oil salesman promising to take management to the woodshed.
I stand corrected. In return for giving the company something that was worth hundreds of millions over the duration of our PWA, we received a pinky promise from management that they would no longer disregard a particular section of our contract.
It takes a true ignoramus to be unable to comprehend how lopsided this deal actually was. Hartmann and the MEC’s approval of it either indicates collusion with management, or outright incompetence. The emboldened attitude that management has adopted today is a direct consequence.