Originally Posted by
ImSoSuss
Disagree. AA absolutely owns APA at the negotiating table and they know it. How many times did we hear "we asked and they said no" when we had perhaps the greatest leverage as pilots in history? ALPA and the National Office is a different animal and I truly believe AA management is hoping we keep APA in place. They don't want us to have the backing of the national office next round of negotiations.
I could be wrong here, but at least the Delta's contract has built-in penalties for violating the contract. We don't have that here. We have grieve it and wait forever.