Originally Posted by
Aero1900
Don't get frustrated with the union. The company holds all the cards. That's how the RLA is written. You can't hold the lack of progress against the union. The deck is stacked against labor, big time.
Most airline contracts take 3.5 to 4 years to negotiate. The RLA was written to keep the trains a chuggin' and not to allow the railroad workers to strike. When the law was written, the railway was an absolute critical part of the US economy. Keep the trains moving.
Exactly!!!
OK, it seems from reading most of these entries (prior to the one I'm replying to) that this is either most 1st negotiation or they are mgt trolls. Either way...
THE WHOLE POINT OF NEGOTIATION IS TO GET MORE! If a McDonald's employee goes to their manager and asks for a raise, they want a RAISE. They want MORE money for the exact same work. They're not looking for an agreement that pays them more but then makes them have less vacation or makes them work harder.
WHY is that what we want? Well, because THAT'S how LIFE goes. Prices go up (for everything, not just airline tickets) and not getting a raise means you lose purchasing power. It is why United, American, Delta, Jet Blue, Alaska, Hawaiian and EVEN SPIRIT mgt gave their pilots raises. For us, our mgt is different. They do not want to give us a raise. They may say it in public, but during negotiations they act differently. The last airline to strike was Spirit and it was with this SAME MGT GROUP. We will need to strike too. That will be the only way we get the maximum that is allowed. Prepare yourself. Anything short of a strike and we didn't get everything we could.
Quit acting like you don't understand life. Stop asking stupid questions about why we should get more w/o giving up something. Cease and desist w/ the "well, why don't you just leave" crap. You sound like you have no idea how life or this industry works.