Originally Posted by
yamahas3
Pinnacle management has been known to give the impression that "serious progress is being made and a TA is imminent" for years.
Everyone involved must take that into consideration. This isn't a management team that negotiates in good faith towards a fair deal. They sure make it look like it though.
This isn't the same ballgame. The rules changed when Mesaba was purchased and it seems the PCL pilots refuse to acknowledge it because of their history in Section 6.
This would be a different story if there was no progress and more importantly if PNCL Corp. had no incentive to finish joint negotiations. They want an integrated seniority list to move jets. This motivation for them to get the deal done wasn't a factor pre-Mesaba purchase.
PCL pilots want to picket because they are 6 years amendable on their OWN negotiations, not because we are only a few months into joint negotiations and seeing TA's on the regular. That's picketing for the wrong reason, and that's a disservice to the 3000 pilots being represented at the table.