Originally Posted by
holiday
Not allowing the company to do VILs was definitely a mistake and counter productive. I find it very odd the union rolled over and agreed to a 3% raise in exchange for scope relief (at a time when inflation was well
above 3%), but is taking a hard line stance on VILs which benefit many pilots.
new group in the MEC. The group that took the 3% actually took 1% before the pilots revolted. That group would haven given the company whatever they wanted right now.
we didn’t “deny” the company VILs. We simply took an off ramp that was pre negotiated. I’m sure the union would be happy to negotiate continued use or God forbid actually have the company show up to section 6 negotiations ready to make progress.