Originally Posted by
Captain Bligh
Am I missing something? I guess I thought it was a given that somebody would come up with an agreement, or they would start fireing people until some one was willing to. I've read the press and the union stuff. Aside from some union back slapping, "I would like to recognize the leadership role that the CAL MEC and UAL MEC portions of the Joint Negotiating Committee took in navigating the path to a resolution." just don't see how anyone has moved forward here.
A transition agreement is not required under the draconian RLA. So it was not a given. The company(s) could have just continued to refuse to negotiate the TA and just come out with their JCBA openers. The transition agreement will include some important protections for the UAL pilots that were already in the CAL's scope section as well as once its done and signed, if the company doesn't stick to the negotiating principals its ammo for a "bad faith" argument with the NMB.
The positive note is that the JNC didn't cave to the company(s) childish temper tantrum at the table. If that translates to anything down the road we will see.
It seems to me though that the company(s) did get the message that we won't cave to their BS. So they'll just try another angle, I'm sure.
The latest propaganda on the CAL side is our VP of flight ops discussing how well UsAir is doing even without an SLI and the pilot synergies. (Bluffing that we don't have any leverage in hopes that we'll believe it.)