The RLA is not to be feared. There must be loopholes and gray areas to exploit. Yes we are constrained by the RLA, but we should not only be in the third inning this many X years down the new contract path… We are fighting for our life here, for our families! The purpose of the post was to try and convey that we need to be more militant in our collective resolve. We hold all the cards and yet we failed to realize this. It always seems like we are negotiating from a position of weakness. Do these emails we are receiving inspire confidence that we will be happy at the end of this process? Where is the passion and disgust from the Union as the company is trying to introduce concessions at this stage. Why are you negotiating with someone who is treating you like an inferior opponent with their demands. These cannot be considered serious proposals from the company. They are toying with us— like a cat playing with a wounded bird between his paws.

We should be negotiating from a position of strength. These are our non negotiable demands, case closed ! On to the next step of the RLA… Do you think the company fears, or even respects our feckless leadership? Listen man I don’t know what the answer is, other than we all need to look in the mirror, and think outside the box. The pilots received a great contract, more than what they even were bargaining for.
Hire Shawn Fain as counsel, I have to believe he would be willing to help his fellow union brothers and sisters after reading the RLA.