Originally Posted by
FangsF15
My understanding is that they DID approach us. (Their terms were laughably absurd, but…)
What amazes me is that they have baked in a ridiculous amount of not just premium pay, but 23M7 pay too. They would rather pay triple for (supposedly 40% of) what they cover daily than give us a contract. Or, probably more accurately, they want concessions we cannot abide.
The concession stand is closed. I’d rather sit on this contract 5 years post amendable.
A ratifiable deal that fixes trip coverage will come with a heavy cost. Signing this expensive deal will be an admission by RG that his decisions in the name of efficiency and cost control over the last 8 years were mistakes. His ego won’t allow that. So they will just try to hire their way out of the mess while blaming the pilots.