Originally Posted by TANSTAAFL

The current plan is working because management cooperating with the pilots got them to SOC sooner which was in their interest. I expect that game to continue until the F/A's are dealt with. Let's see what happens between now and 2012 with that strategy.

Cooperative engagement is a potentially a good strategy, if coupled with the hard line (and actual willingness to use it) in your back pocket, and the pursuit of incremental contract enhancements any time the Co. wants something from us.

It's not black or white, but subtle graduations on the spectrum of responses. Your and others cheer leading that if we cooperate really well they'll reward us come contract time is simply scary from a union member.

Pointing to APA's furloughs as a vindication of the current place nice mindset ignores a whole lot of ancillary facts about how APA and AMR got where they are.

"Step away from the reactor"