Originally Posted by
hyperone
Yep, that's why the Teamsters and the Steelworkers always have one of their own as their chief negotiator! Sorry, but ALPA's arrogance in thinking they can train a pilot in a few months to successfully negotiate with a labor lawyer, who's whole professional life has been devoted to labor law and negotiation, doesn't make me giggle, it makes me very sad and angry.
Put a pro on the point and have the pilots on the negotiating committee advise him.
It's not the negotiator...It's what's behind the negotiator!! Us!!
UAL and DAL used the same technique we've been using to get their $320/hr contracts, 8 years ago. They were using "pilot negotiators" with pros at their sides. So what's the difference between them and us? The pilot groups.
They talk the talk and carried a big stick. We talk the talk and actively subvert our own negotiations with our personal greed. Who'd be afraid of us?