Originally Posted by
20Fathoms
Honest question: Why is ALPA pushing for a short term agreement vs a normal contract period? What is the benefit to the pilot group?
Also where did they get that idea? I highly doubt it was from the contract survey…..
I’ll keep my powder dry till I see it, but I am also deeply suspicious of any TA announced early in the process. It brings back bad memories of Donatelli and his “6 months early and the best contact in the history of the world!! BS”
(For those that weren’t here at the time, in 2015 DALPA and the company signed a TA 6 months early and ALPA sold it like a used car salesman. It ended up getting rejected by the pilot group and we got a better deal a year and a half later).
the company is screwed right now, see FlightAware cancellations yesterday and today, because they are critically understaffed, and part of their problem is the trip coverage process. In the long term, they can hire their way out of it, but in the short term, the only thing they can do to solve it is negotiate with us. Solving their problems now is a lot more valuable to them than solving them in the future, which means more value for us too. If the company doesn’t play ball with a VERY good, focused deal, then we can pursue normal negotiations.