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Agree with you completely as to this being a scam. Since the company has publicly stated their intentention to use CO/AM as a model for their operation then the pilots should insist on a CO/AM type coverage in any SCBA. The scope, sucessorship and movement of pilots from certificate to certificate should follow at least the outline of CO/AM. The CO/AM model was not the pilots choice but the companys choice. We are going into this SCBA negotiations with no real idea of the companys intentions and no requirement they follow even their very vague stated intentions. It is sort of like buying a house and seeing it for the first time after you' ve signed all the papers.
Just sign on the dotted line and we'll work out the details later.