Originally Posted by PastV1

I think one of the problems here is that people "Assume" that not bidding the 777 will leave it unfilled and the company will be unable to fly. Also is that people may be "reading" into what the union messages are... i.e. What the Union is "insinuating". The Union leadership knows full well that the company can fly the jet whether we bid it or not. So trying to have people not bid the A/C really doesn't do much good nor does it help the over-manning issue.

I believe Pablo has taken several shots across the bow and was just letting people in on his thoughts.

Two issues are in play here. One is the over manning and the other is the 777 pay rates. The over manning is a very emotional one and seems to be bleeding over into the 777 issue. The over manning issue is being treated as a big 'Grey" area in the contract by the company. Conversely, the 777 pay rate issue is fairly well defined and is following the process. Remember, our leverage there is the work rules.

When we fight amongst ourselves for no reason and "Demonize" others because their actions don't fit into our "Sphere" of reason it just makes the company that much stronger in their resolve to force something else down our throats......