something along the lines of, every anniversary past amendable pay rates are adjusted upwards by CPI automatically.

it would drastically limit the leverage the company has and their ability to drag out negotiations.

This would work if the numbers were right. What I don’t see is how the company could be compelled to agree to the sort of numbers that anyone would accept.

Two signatures at the bottom of every TA, and neither side is surrendering.

Tell me you don’t read emails from ALPA without telling me you don’t read emails from ALPA.

I asked a Union guy YEARS ago why we didn’t ask for something like this. His response was that the company would never agree to something like this because we would never be motivated to negotiate when our contract was up. In other words, management would lose the power of the RLA. I doubt we’ve even tried. Now that we are negotiating under a mediator, maybe they’ll ask, but I doubt it.

Memorial day of what year?

Scoop :D

He told you true. They love the railway labor act and love the results. So would any of us if we were in their shoes.

That’s funny. I asked a union guy years ago too at a different company. I got the exact same answer. It makes me wonder if it’s ever been asked for. I think it’s achievable if we make it a priority.

This industry is cyclical. Why would any management team negotiate downward wage pressure during a downturn?

Maybe we could negotiate annual 4% raises for the next 20 years in exchange for no big pay bump up front and no retro. But how many of our pilots are 55+ and would scoff at that idea? And who’s doing the negotiating for legacy pilots? Is it junior guys with quality of life on their mind or is it senior guys with money on their mind? We all know the answer.

Senior guys in control is nobody’s fault but our own. Over 50% of the list was hired after 2014 and have at least 15+ years to go. Once again, if you get the gray vote you win control. Why else would we have a US president with dementia?