Originally Posted by
dojetdriver
True, but that doesn't change the FACT that the judge didn't "force" the rates on them. It was what the MEC decided to take it down to, not the judge.
When you say "management dropped the contract with the rates", what do you mean? The company doesn't set the rates. It's a negotiated medium agreed on by the MEC and the company, even during a concession. If the company set the rates, they would be lower than what the groups agreed to.
I get the impression you haven't been through this process.
Funny, I was thinking the same thing.
The MEC had no choice. It was take it or leave it or go to the judge. Look at what happen to the NWA f/a's when they said no and went to the judge.
"The company doesn't set the rates. It's a negotiated medium agreed on by the MEC and the company, even during a concession" Not as much as you think when you are in BK.
IM