Originally Posted by
ancman
I don’t think they’re happy with the price — they simply can’t avoid it. It’s a sunk cost for them. There’s no way for them to cover a trip that reports in 2 hours, following the ladder, when there are 8 hours worth of auto-accepts in the system.
The only reason why any of this matters is because the company will try to escape their auto-accept / 23M7 costs for a much lower price at the table. It will be essential for ALPA E&FA to provide the negotiating committee with an accurate number prior to section 6. I’m cautiously optimistic that the NC will approach any bargaining with the true dollar value of auto-accept in mind.
If this is a significant cost then more farmers, successful or not, make more IAs and eventually QS so there’s financial incentive both for the individual and the union to get more people putting in blankets. The problem has to have substantially higher costs before the company cares IMHO. Also QS has already eliminated auto accept if/when implemented. There’s little chance we walk back that freedom for the company and inconvenience for us.