Originally Posted by
sailingfun
I find it hard to believe that management wanted the APA system. Why tie there own hands. They can make the AE system function exactly the same as the APA system if they so desire. They can post a montly bid and convert in 120 days. Why ask for something you already have?
In reality they have consistantly asked for and sadly been granted longer and longer conversion periods. That is how they now have the one bid per year they can extend to a entire year. They fought hard for that. Your saying they asked to give it up?
I've flown with Tom Anderson, the father of the APA, a few times. The bad news is he had a storage garage full of notes and papers from the years he did ALPA work (merger/negotation work). DALPA reimbursed him to have it professionally shreaded as at some point he became fed up and is no longer active. He will have all the corporate knowledge on the issue, but yes the company liked the system that evolved.