It seems with the helpful advice offered by BA pilots on this forum to Iberia flight crew, an old adage comes to mind.
With friends like these, who needs enemies.
"The pre-agreement Willie has allready rejected as it is too soft on us involves a 23% cut in pilots salary plus firing 208 pilots plus many other bits and pieces related to scheduling etc..."
Aporrizaje you can see where this is going. Walsh keeps coming back, moving the goalposts, giving union negotiators the dead eye stare and repeating the mantra "I have the right to manage". He tries to make your situation appear hopeless by making unreasonable demands. That is how he made his name as a negotiator with IALPA. Aer Lingus management couldn't cope with his style, so he was invited to "cross the floor".
It is game of brinkmanship to see who blinks first. You have to use the nuclear option, that is the only way tpo stemm the assault on your jobs, pay and conditions.
Last edited by Count Niemantznarr; 9th Jan 2013 at 19:42.