Originally Posted by
BoredwLife
But why give the company something when the bid transistion is a major win in the contract.
Agreed. We should wait until the transition arbitration is settled. If we win the arbitration we will have a HUGE hammer and won't need to make any concession, the company will be making concessions. If we lose, we try to make the best deal we can, but the contract language and explanations are clear enough that most reasonable people think that the pilots hold the winning hand. I think we should sit tight and wait for the results of the arbitration, unless the union has some reason to believe that it will lose. IOW, making any kind of concession now is nothing more than a tacit acknowledgement that the transition language is not as good as advertised.