Originally Posted by
Busboy
Nope. I think YOU misunderstand. I think I speak for most dissenters, when I say that we understand completely that this is a bridge contract. Sounds like a great idea, if it's not possible to negotiate a complete contract now. But, if we're going to give the company what they need, then put something in it that is of equal and lasting value to all FDX pilots. Like, maybe a real fix to 4A2b, or something along those lines. The idea of getting 3% now, instead of later, just doesn't do it.
Great, good idea, I'm sure the negotiating committee and all of those working on our side didn't think of it (fixing 4a2b, real time trip trading ect).
The problem is all of these things take time to negotiate require the sections that they are in to be opened and TA'd in their entirety. The LOA's that were incorporated have been done for months and in some cases almost a year.
To do what they are trying to do (which is novel and I believe smart) you just didn't have the time. A bird in hand with improvements for everyone and more to come soon (remember this is a start not a end to negotiations) in my opinion is better than 3 years of negotiating.