Originally Posted by
Pineapple Guy
A negotiated settlement is the BEST solution. We are much more likely to have a harmonious and unified pilot group if both sets of negotiators can come back to their group declaring a negotiated settlement as the best fair and reasonable for all parties.
Chairman Bloch stated:
"The fact, if it can be achieved, of your creating this list rather than us will benefit the company and the constituents and ALPA much better than another arbitration award."
Originally Posted by
Pineapple Guy
It is far too complicated NOT to be done by those most familiar with the situation. Which group is more likely to be able to craft an agreement that is the fairest possible for YOU? Three independent arbitrators after 12 days of testimony, or 6 pilots (yours and ours) with literally hundreds of years of airline pilot experience negotiating to get the best compromise position for all?
Chairman Bloch stated:
"...as we suggested at the start of these proceedings, there's virtually no chance that any decision that we can make will generate as responsive or as savvy or as fair a list as can the sophisticated and the imaginative efforts of those on both committees....the important point that I want to come back to is that this group is infinitely more qualified to create a list that is responsive to the realistic needs of living a pilot's life and career."
Originally Posted by
Pineapple Guy
If you leave that up to an arbitrator, many more on BOTH sides will be able to say they were screwed, and you have a split group. Have you learned nothing in the last 20+ years at NWA? How's that Robert's award working as far as building a unified pilot group?
Chairman Bloch stated:
"...there is no doubt that you -- and I know that we -- will not cure the inequities, real or perceived, of the past, nor can we isolate or insulate anyone against the vagaries of the future"
Originally Posted by
Pineapple Guy
I have much more confidence that six pilots can work this out to an overall acceptable agreement through mutual compromise, than three outsiders. But those six need to be willing to do the hard work to reach compromise, not abdicate to outsiders.
Chairman Bloch stated:
"You're the best at it, and it really is your job. We will deliver a decision. That's why we're here. But the product you get from us will not be as good or as defensible as the one you craft yourselves...So from the standpoint of a process, letting this board decide must be regarded as a failure on the part of the committees."
Pineapple Guy is not a pseudonym for Richard Bloch. But apparently he reads these forums.....
PG