Originally Posted by
990Convair
I must respectfully ask you, what other "tangents" would you have suggested ALPA follow??
If you read JG's masterful submission, it is patently obvious that it is the company that is not negotiating in good faith.
It is the company that is seeking to extract dollars from our collective wallets in the form of 4A2B.
They will have an excess, but I predict they won't furlough. Let's remember one thing. It was costing the company a measly 1 million dollars per month to buyup all of the lines. Now that BLG's are sub 62 in some seats, what the average is I don't know, they are probably banking in the neighborhood of 3 million a month savings. That is our money folks. If they furlough, the BLG's snap-back, i.e. no more 3 million a month savings, they lose this crewforce's loyalty, most likely for ever since the junior folks will inherit the farm eventually and we are the ones being trampled on most, and Wall Street will take notice.
Quit questioning the Union, and just follow the CBA. It isn't hard to do.
Convair Out
I had not read JG's email when I posted that. Now that I have I must admit I am more impressed with what they are doing now. The carryover freight train has been coming down the track for years. I can question the union all I want since they did NOTHING about this until 1 month ago. I wrote my union rep about this over a year ago and got the response that carryover can be a "good deal" for those who can game the system. The company is saving up their money now for the big excess where they are going to move people all over the place and then come in with the big finish and furlough if they need to. And all we can do is file a grievance? JG sounds like the right man for the job now and I hope he along with Obama can save us.