Originally Posted by
Reroute
Pattern bargaining works, it worked prior to the NWA strike and it will work again. Having the APA, stuck in their rhetorical chest pounding world and, USAPA, completely dysfunctional, certainly doesn't help. Nevertheless, there are pilot groups who will move the ball forward. It takes leverage and it comes in many forms.
Pattern bargaining worked at a time when a 10-20% pay increase was appropriate and adequate. How will it work with restoration as the goal? (If that is our goal)
BTW, that is an honest (not rhetorical) question. I'd really like to know how you see the application of "pattern bargaining" actually achieving our objective... assuming restoration is the objective.