Open Skies would be allowed to fly new route authority expansion flights only and they must be on aircraft with less than 100 seats.
This seems like a very viable, fair and reasonable solution for both sides. BALPA wanting anything more than this just makes them seem territorial, greedy and obstructive to the companies future business growth and long term survival in an increasingly more costly and competitive marketplace with skyrocketing jet fuel prices. The public will see it this way too which will hurt their cause in gaining any public sympathy or support. Would an agreement of this nature not be acceptable or are there other issues the public is not aware of in the negotiations to avert this pending, costly and potentially irreparable strike ?
Yep, territoral, greedy, obstructive...about sums it up, I expect.
BALPA is unlikely to get it total what they want, only a very small slice of the pie.
Like it or lump it.
One also must ask...why not just actually
go on strike instead of just frothing at the mouth?
