Originally Posted by caseyd

Yer all freaking nuts... Check out the fiasco that is US Airline Pilots Association. Been on the property almost three years. Organizers promised at industry standard contract in three months. Didn't happen. Promised a DOH list...didn't happen. Been sued..lost. Then overturned, not on merits but because the DOH list has not been implemented yet. Just wait n see there.

APA just hired ALPA to help negotiate. Why? Cause that's what they do and they are the best. Their economic and financial analysis department (EFA) is without peer in the airline business. If management says a pilot proposal cost $2 million and EFA says it costs $1 million guess what, it cost $1 million and EVERYBODY knows it. Clowns at usapa have a one man band trying to out duel Phoenix. It's a joke.

So all you hairy chested "just say no" types might want to cool your jets a while. APA has been in mediation for four years and the mediator just recessed them till some time in 2011! USAPA has been trying to negotiate a merged contract for 2 and a half years with no results. DAL/NWA just got a good deal. Ditto for Spirit and AirTran. Cool your jets. THINK. And watch how it works out elsewhere.