Originally Posted by
Lambourne
To be accurate he said it will take a year for ALL contracts. As much as pilots hate to admit, there are other unioized workforces at the airine too.
Now I must have missed the article regarding the requirement of 70 seat scope. Can you link that if you don't mind? I don't hold out great hope for ALPA. When i think of alpa these days, i see a perpetual loop tape of Bill Buckner letting the ball get through his legs.
Keep your chin up and hang in there. Smisek is also using the press to his advantage. A bit of public negotiations. Nothing we haven't seen before.
L
Lambourne,
I cant find the exact article, but this is a close second.
United Continental dawns as largest carrier - MarketWatch
Yes, he is indeed using the press. He told CNBC that the pilots don't have a rear view mirror in the cockpit, and we are on board with Smisek et al going forward. Well, 70 seats and the Shamrock spell D.O.A. going forward.
News Headlines 4:21 into video
Also heard from a source on UAL MEC that if JCBA not reached this fall, it could run well into next summer and might require a cooling off period with 11th hour negotiations. I've got all the time it takes to get it right.
Fritz