Going Boeing stated:
"Industrially, each pilot group will negotiate for their terms and conditions but will have the
full industrial experience of AIPA to assist them in their negotiations so you won'r get mainline interfering with J*,Eastern, Sunstate negotiations."
AIPA COM is stacked with very senior -400 Captains whose sole aim in life is feathering the nests of senior -400 Captains. Current EBA negotiations are a secret as to the T&C's and in fact it looks like the 767 will be hung out to dry AGAIN with some sort of bizarre hybrid SH/LH domestic award. Don't anyone think there are professional negotiators in AIPA - they are just line pilots with an inflated sense of self importance.
We desperately need professional negotiators from the corporate sector, but alas, pilots know best.
