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Originally Posted by MelT
Say thats true. Why explicitly give them the option to increase wet lease flying and reduce the payments if they do?
Let's not **** off pinseeker, he's a NO vote, even though retiring under this upcoming CBA I think?
There are several pilots I have talked with who are ready to retire in the next 2 years, and understand how voting this down could play out in ways past their own retirement, but still they are all saying this TA is a clear NO vote. Just because of its blatant failure in contrast to our openers.
For unknown reasons to me, ALPA has methodically sold the idea (even at a previous carrier for me in 2002) that improving Scope is not worth any negotiating capital. It's an ALPA mentality, and they have succeeded in pushing that false narrative amongst many of the airlines they represent, like here.
Our Scope, now viewed through the current "leadership"'s mentality, whether current or TA'd is full of holes and will be exploited in a way that's career-ending for some here, career-altering for most. The only alternative we have been left with is voting this down resoundingly, knowing we hold a 99% strike authorization vote. The company still needs us, in our numbers. In 8-10 years, it will be a different story. Pat and the gang will be reading about it over breakfast, after sleeping soundly all night - while us suckers are out hubturning. High block hour night hubturning, the kind of flying the company will specially keep for us, while we see our best flying go away. Like Atlas 747's on HNL and CGN, but now everywhere, with 737's on our ramps domestically too. Just picture that for motivation to send this POS TA back to its creators.