Freebrd
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This is from an ALPA mailing:
Recent management Internet postings, indicating that our union is to
blame for the slow pace of the current contract talks, are about as well
thought out as management's responses to our negotiating proposals.
Asacontract.com - management's electronic version of Pravda - states,
"The ALPA negotiators have refused to acknowledge the uncertainty
created by ASA's parent company's difficulties, offering proposals
apparently without regard for what they would cost or what effect they
would have on the company's ability to compete for new business
opportunities. The aviation marketplace is simply not what it was 10
years ago, but ALPA negotiators have failed to recognize the seriousness
of the situation."
This message adds that the union brings hundreds of changes to the
bargaining table without regard to the associated costs.
To date, all of our proposals have had little or no associated costs to
the company. In fact, we haven't begun to address the real financial
items of our contract. We've spent more than two years trying to
fine-tune the existing language of the less contentious sections to make
our agreement less ambiguous, to avoid the kinds of contract loop hopes
we constantly face as well as the potential for unnecessary
confrontations resulting from differing interpretations.
As for changes in the aviation marketplace, ASA is a larger, stronger
carrier with more aircraft, more routes, and more employees than 10
years ago. We recognize the challenges at our mainline carrier but
expect a contract that reflects the productivity and success of our
present-day airline. Let's face facts: management's excuses just don't
hold water.
Recent management Internet postings, indicating that our union is to
blame for the slow pace of the current contract talks, are about as well
thought out as management's responses to our negotiating proposals.
Asacontract.com - management's electronic version of Pravda - states,
"The ALPA negotiators have refused to acknowledge the uncertainty
created by ASA's parent company's difficulties, offering proposals
apparently without regard for what they would cost or what effect they
would have on the company's ability to compete for new business
opportunities. The aviation marketplace is simply not what it was 10
years ago, but ALPA negotiators have failed to recognize the seriousness
of the situation."
This message adds that the union brings hundreds of changes to the
bargaining table without regard to the associated costs.
To date, all of our proposals have had little or no associated costs to
the company. In fact, we haven't begun to address the real financial
items of our contract. We've spent more than two years trying to
fine-tune the existing language of the less contentious sections to make
our agreement less ambiguous, to avoid the kinds of contract loop hopes
we constantly face as well as the potential for unnecessary
confrontations resulting from differing interpretations.
As for changes in the aviation marketplace, ASA is a larger, stronger
carrier with more aircraft, more routes, and more employees than 10
years ago. We recognize the challenges at our mainline carrier but
expect a contract that reflects the productivity and success of our
present-day airline. Let's face facts: management's excuses just don't
hold water.
