Originally Posted by
tomgoodman
Right. And the Tribune article shows clearly where the big mistake was:
Under pressure to save jobs, wages, and pensions, the union may have thought this concession was no big deal.
To clarify: I'm not familiar with the details of the United bankruptcy concessions. However, I suspect they had little or no choice.
The question is "what will we (pilots) do now"? There's little doubt that the next UAL contract will have some sweet carrots to ignore this outsourcing, and the question will be can those carrots be resisted? It's going to be a tough sell, because UAL pilots took it in the shorts during bankrupcy, and they'll be looking to get some of it back. What matter, then, a few jets scoped out to a couple of international flights?
It's not just UAL either .. . all US carrier pilots will need to continually fight to stop this potential to further degrade our bargaining power.
Once one carrier goes for it, the handwriting will be on the wall for the rest of us.