Originally Posted by
A little birdie
What if AIPA says ‘It’s an ordinary deal, it doesn’t deliver what pilots said they wanted, but we recommend a ‘yes’ anyway due to the strategic issues at play’. Happy with that as an outcome? Well, maybe not ‘happy’, but prepared to vote ‘yes’ under that sort of AIPA recommendation?
Actually yes.
I believe in the same way that bypassing AIPA should be an automatic NO vote, if AIPA were to recommend a Yes (or a No) then that’s how I’d vote.
This isn’t always the case, but since there has now been a threat to bypass the association (a blatant attempt to neuter their future effectiveness), it is important to show their value to the pilot body.
Ensuring AIPAs recommendations carry weight should ensure they are effectively involved in discussions and negotiations into the future.