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Originally Posted by Redundant Guy
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Originally Posted by Nevets
Well, if the ASA MEC doesn't have a problem with it, then why are they complaining that we are developing smartpref? That's part of that agreement.
Nevets,
The intent of this agreement was for the JCBA and did not take into account the JCBA failing. However it did. Now that SmartPref could be negotiated and implemented while the JCBA is being negotiated, we have set ourselves up for a whipsaw between our groups on one more level. Nearly every concern the XJT group has such as being locked out can be dealt with in rules.
Regards,
Redundant Guy
Being without a JCBA for almost 4 years can be said to be continuing the whipsaw that management envisioned back in 2008. So I completely see where you are coming from. With that said, developing, testing, parallel bidding now only shortens the timeline in that agreement, which was problematic to some from what I understand. Lastly, if flight line is so great and smartpref is so horrible, then none of us have anything to worry about. In fact, I could see a scenario in which we reject smartpref because it's not what we were told it was and just go with flight line in the JCBA without much fight other than to make sure we have the right work rules (vacation low, etc).
I think that if we just let this play itself out, it will take care of itself. In the end, we are being Comaired anyways, right? We will be so small that any concessionary TA for the ERJ side will be voted through anyway, right? Or we will be shrunk to nothing and only the CRJ side will continue. These are all things that have been more or less said on this thread. So you have all the cards and have nothing to worry about. Let us fall on our smartpref sword so you don't have to deal with us and our contract.