YesterdayQuote:
Just an fyi. Before indigo most disputes were resolved with the chief pilots office monthly. Few became grievances. That was also true for about the first year of our current agreement.
Good words.Originally Posted by fcoolaiddrinker
As I mentioned before there were around 1000 open disputes. A ta was agreed upon. Next we need to resolve all open disputes. Without that step the ta goes away because we clearly still have language disagreements. 500ish of those were hotel related so those paid somewhere around $100 per for the legit ones. Multiple non legit grievances were withdrawn. Historically speaking around 30% of all disputes under our old contract were not contract violations. I’ll guess that 30% has dropped way down to sub 10%. There’s a few reasons for that. 1-standard Alpa language compared to Fapa language. 2- way more definitions and examples. 3- most negotiation sessions were recorded for language intent recall if needed. Finally gray area disputes were resolved. Several of those paid out depending on old vs new language. That took the longest and there were to many to discuss in detail for understanding without basically writing a book about it. Each one was thoroughly vetted by a committee member. I had one or two withdrawn without payment due to someone sr getting it or another it just wasn’t a clear contract violation.Just an fyi. Before indigo most disputes were resolved with the chief pilots office monthly. Few became grievances. That was also true for about the first year of our current agreement.
