Originally Posted by
notEnuf
As for SK, my understanding is that the commitee is and has been overwhelmed by ACE and the commitee has little ability to function out side of auditing and that needed to change for the long term health of the commitee, which he is tasked with managing. That said, I think managements refusal to pay and schedule appropriately was intentional to force a settlement by making the situation unsustainable. These deliberate actions were entirely the company's doing.
It didn't need to change for the health of the committe - it needed to change so pilots could achieve resolution to their complaints in a timely manner. Take a look at the anger pilots have with the ACE timeline, and where those fires are directed (the committee) instead of the violator (the company). You may attribute intentionality to the actions of scheduling where I think in many ways it is sheer incompetence and undermanning, but perhaps we agree it was unsustainable. Since I'd like to find wins that return us to proper application of seniority, a trip assignment timeline that is favorable to QOL (and not just the minority who can or wish to exploit system chaos for financial gain at financial expense of those who cannot or will not), and because systemic chaos ultiately hurts our brand and profitability/market share...I see some benefit to the agreement we came to. It's not the agreement I would have pursued but I do think it's better than its precedent. It's also attributable to the MEC and not just to DH.