Originally Posted by FlighTimeBarbie

The problem with the process is once a TA is published - that section has already been agreed to...as a whole. My experience, in then making an argument regarding it's weaknesses/concessions, is that the MEC Administration and the Negotiating Committee will tell you it is bad policy to go back and seek changes to the TA - even small changes. They will tell you it diminishes their credibililty.

Also, since it is TA'd as a whole, when the pilot groups identifies the individual weaknesses/give-backs/concessions - things that will negatively affect quality of life - because they are already in the TA, they are impossible to change at that point.

I remember arguing against some concessions in the C2K Scheduling section at a roadshow and was put down by JM. These seem like little items when picked apart individually - but they all add up. For example, one of the concerns I argued was how the changes in the reserve scheduling would end up increasing short call days - which indeed they did.

Again, since each contract section is TA'd as a whole, it becomes too late to argue against individual concessions, that together significantly degrade QOL. The TA as a whole must be rejected - which has proven almost impossible to do.