Originally Posted by
FXDX
I added the bold since the concept of an in depth executive summary was hotly debated when we were going through our last round of negotiations. Maybe we can learn something from the other guys here, seeing as so much of the hidden money and gems in our current contract seem to be very difficult to find.
Perhaps some commentary and explanations would help us make a better decision on our next TA and contract. I think that it would be better to have both a summary and explanation document to review in addition to the actual contract language.
Sounds like SWAPA did a pretty nice job negotiating this TA with wage increases and even retro pay. Maybe ALPA could get some help from these guys, who also helped bring about the age change (which I was totally against, but that is neither here nor there). They must have a pretty good NC.
Took them over two years to negotiate this T/A.
This press release could be from any airlines' T/A over the last ten years.
One man's "detailed executive summary" is another's "bullet points memo"
One man's retro pay is another's signing bonus.
Congrats to SWAPA for getting a T/A. I'll wait for details and the SWA line pilots' reactions before I shout "What a great T/A that is!"