Originally Posted by
ebl14
This will get ugly before we ever have anything close to an industry leading contract. Either lower your expectations or tighten up your boot straps because I guarantee that without concessions from us (pilots) we won't see a damn thing for a long time. Us 9e guys have been on this train for quite a while so forgive us if we don't display such a sunny outlook on any negotiations. Some may see a deadline, I see 45 days of bs before we are all negotiating for seperate contracts again. They just bought 3 more months of relief from the nmb with this stunt.
This could very well happen and it is why I believe we are asking too much. If Mesaba wants a better contract than what they have so be it, but forcing Pinnacle and Colgan to join their fight is wrong.
So whats happening here is we are asking for a Mesaba+ contract... To Pinnacle and Colgan that is some serious gains. To go from no contract and extremely low wages to industry leading in 45 days... Really? Do you all REALLY think Pinnacle management is going to go for that. Pinnacle Inc has been in negotiations for years and havent reached anything even close to Mesabas current contract.
And if you think Pinnacle wont figure out a way to do what they want without merging the lists and having one contract your all in for a surprise... If we go in there asking for too much they will simply say "no" and find another way to do what they need to do and we will all stay in the current status quo having gained nothing. But hey if thats what yall think is best then so be it.
Having said that. I do have faith in the negotiating team, I think they will find a common ground with management and get us something that is better than what we currently have. Which is nothing...