Originally Posted by
Flyguppy
So why not get the absolute best JCBA we can, and leave any and all gains for either side OUT of the SLI arguments?
That way, the argument you make about UAL's career expectations can be made without any gains that are made in the JCBA.
Instead, it seems that CAL wants to use the JCBA 'to paint the entire picture'. Oh, BUT, they only want to use it once they force lower pay onto certain aircraft. CAL CERTAINLY wouldn't want to 'paint the entire picture' with a JCBA that pays the 360+ seat airplane more than any other.
LEAVE THE JCBA OUT OF THE SLI ARGUMENTS.
Honestly speaking, I don't think it wasn't such a big deal until your MEC made it so; the JNC had already agreed. IMHO, career expectations are clearly and overwhelmingly in CAL's favor and I welcome that debate. I think the wide-body ratio is clearly in your favor. But sans a merger with CAL, you guys go to USAir's payrates or keep your own. The arbitrators and everyone else on the planet knows this. Wendy Morse and the UAL MEC departed controlled flight over this issue. So it's just a little too important to them for us to let it go. Looks like the line is drawn and I'm ok with that. We probably need to get the fight started, so we can get it over with.