Originally Posted by
gloopy
Its absolutely not a wind the clock issue because it’s not hurting the company and only hurting all downline pilots who should be getting them. It’s not a leverage issue. It’s a free side letter. Not doing it gives us zero extra leverage.
Man. Did the real gloopy retire and give you his login credentials?
OG gloopy was way too realistic to claim that any side letter is "free." And also more cleverly verbose.
Nothing is free with this management team.
And it's not even "free" for them. The coding costs to level 23M7 are real, and probably significant. Also, there is no way they are going to run it manually. If they know it's something we want they'll squeeze us. Just like we better squeeze them with AA.
While not doing it "gives us zero extra leverage," doing it would cost them leverage, if it's even an MEC negotiating priority. Which may not even be the case. A side letter needs to be signed by both parties. There is absolutely no reason the flight ops HMFIC would sign this.
I'll put it another way: if the company approached the MEC tomorrow and asked for something outside section 6, while the pilots got nothing in return, would the MEC do it? I sure hope not, and if they did, it would probably result in some recalls. At least, I hope it would.