OK time out people………
This as with most matters of livelihood will be emotive but if this name calling continues all that will be achieved will be the thread being banned.
One person is being bagged by pro union people and he isn’t even here or made a post on this subject.
I guess that the company and some in the union would like this thread to be banned so that they are no longer criticised.However,many crew who post here do not want that.
The problem here on PPrune is that we have crew that are worried about their conditions and we have the union officials who believe that they should be trusted.
We also have some here that represent the company but we all know who they are and what they are going to say so they are irrelevant to the debate.
The problem is that both the company and the union do not believe in any transparency in their dealings and only inform the crew once a ‘deal’ has been completed.
Even if the crew are given a vote they can only receive information from the company and the union so it becomes a fait accompli.
Even the union should understand how the rumours start given this.How many times have we heard that communication is the best way to avoid problems in the first place.
The dispensation given by the union is not for a single event but instead for a number of years especially when you consider that the next generation replacement aircraft ordered has not even made a single test flight and maybe years away.
There was also no mention in the newsletter about alternatives for crew rest.What arrangement has the company and the tech crew union arrived at for their members?
You would expect therefore that any dispensation given to the company for that length of time would be recognized by the company in it’s negotiations with something substantial.
The FAAA has literally painted itself into a corner with this and any other dispensations and will be expected by the crew to provide an agreement that they will find attractive.
The ball as I said before is in the FAAA’s court and crew will be expecting a solid result in return.