The latest Notam from the Pilot's Union Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) team reports the end of negotiations with the company. The Union made its bottomline offer...the company refused to accept it or make a final compromise offer. The Union has asked the Federal Mediator to "Release" the union from negotiations due to the obivious stalemate.
My friends at Air Log report strike action is almost a certainty now....and is just a matter of time unless the company accepts the offer.
They also say it would take a lightning strike or something of that magnitude to return the senior management to the reality of the situation.
Does the management really believe the pilots will not strike over this?
Will the Pilots walk?
Should the Pilots walk?
If the pilots walk...who wins...who loses?
Does it always have to be Russian style negotiations where one side must win...and the other side must lose? Cannot management not find a way to form a win-win deal?
The estimated cost of accepting the full, original demand by the union was 8,000,000 USD...the previous year bonus pool for the senior 8 managers was 18,000,000 USD.....and the company stated publically the Union demand would bankrupt the company. That is the mentality of the management on this one.
