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Originally Posted by Lileskimo
Any updates on negotiations?
Apparently Mediations "appear" to be productive and word on the street is that some believe that many parts of the contract will be TA'd in the next few meetings. But make no mistake, it's still going to take time. With the company's joint venture scheme with VIVA (Mexican ULCC), and while they wait for approval, they're in no rush in signing squat. I mean, they'll sign probably most of what we ask that's industry standard, BUT ONLY if we can keep our current TRASH SCOPE.
Our current scope has no real protections for this joint venture. There's no guarantee as to how much flying we do, or they get to do. Based on what they want, they want all international Mexican flying done flying by Viva. Yes, they have grand plans to expand domestically, but they can't do that without the proper work force. So everything is a stalemate. Mark my words, if they get the Viva deal approved, they will expand to other joint ventures later and Allegiant Pilots will do NONE of the flying. Meanwhile the domestic side doesn't grow bc of their incompetence and lack of contract. So they'll just make up any losses on the domestic side through the international side.
Without serious SCOPE we won't have a real airline or any real expansion. So best thing would be for the DOT to shoot down the joint venture. When will the DOT make a decision? That's anyone's guess at this point. So like Tom said, a year to two at best. Not bc of the mediation, because of this Joint Venture.