aa73,
Good info/good post. To get something means you have to give up something.To me, anytime the union, any union, approaches management wanting something, it lights up a red light to management saying that, "the union must really want this or they wouldn't have approached us, let's exchange, more jumpseat access to OALs in exchange have them give up per diem on all flights"...or some other off-base retort.
Hopefully, less greedy managers will prevail...but I think we all know better.
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