Originally Posted by
Aldous Snow
Good point, but perhaps look at it from this angle. The XJ proposal did not have a clear winner, nor did the CJC proposal, and here is what I was led to believe was the reason why...
According to our negotiation team...it would be a true statement to say that before SLI negotiations took place, everyone agreed to make a fair plan, one that would not have a clear winner. Draw your own conclusions from there.
No offense, but in my view the Colgan proposal had a clear winner - Colgan pilots. Based on relative seniority you would have a lot of Colgan guys moving ahead of people with several more years experience at the other airlines.
The Mesaba proposal was a win for the senior Mesaba pilots while a big loss for junior Mesaba guys and colgan. Pinnacle would probably have been close to a wash.
Pinnacle's proposal was a win for pinnacle and Mesaba at the expense of Colgan.
All three proposals were based on some level of logic and a core principle (DOH, relative, or category class). Each proposal has elements that could be considered fair or unfair depending on your point of view.
People also seem to forget that this was also just the last and final proposals. What else was proposed or negotiated during the other 2-3 months? I sure don't know. Maybe it was good, maybe it was bad, but all we have right now is a snapshot of the very end of the process. The road to get there, at least for now, is only known by a select few and they aren't sharing the info.