Originally Posted by
CBreezy
It's not that simple. I absolutely do not agree with batch size agreement. We effectively solved a company problem (batch size violations) by agreeing to a pinky promise. The problem, however, stemmed from the grievance. We filed a grievance because we were claiming that the 23M7 usage was violating past precedent. The company came back with this settlement offer and our options were effectively to withdraw the grievance, accept the settlement or take it to arbitration where we were certain to lose. The widespread usage of 23M7 doesn't just negatively impact a "vocal minority." It completely upends the seniority system in favor of a FCFS system which primarily benefits super junior pilots and super senior pilots.
Ya, we could have just done nothing and let it play out. I was was middle of the pack then and while not ideal, there was no shortage of premium available. We let a little bit of short term pain get in the way. No we're back in the same position, with a broken pinky promise and no batch sizes.