To be a little more clear, our contract became amendable about 18 months ago. There's been a lot of back and forth between us and management, but little actual movement. Management keeps sticking with 'zero cost contract' and we are asking for a small pay increase with no cut in benefits or work rules.
Earlier this year we signed the side letter that allowed the company to order new A330's, and in exchange, they agreed that if we didn't have a signed agreement by September 15th, we could engage an mediator to help out. We didn't have the agreement by then, so we now are about to start again with the mediator.
Slow, sllloooowww, sllllllooooooooowwwwwwwww, is about how I'd characterize it so far.
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