....under the RLA, they can exercise their right to organize and to collective bargaining. It is the law and it is a "simple and fair process." You're a hypocrite. You have been paying lip service all along about how a contract is "negotiated" and "not won". How does the union "force" a company to accept a contract if it is negotiated? You speak with forked tongue.....
SHACK!! Excellent post, Wabi! the Fudspinner
is a hypocrite. He calls me ignorant but has a vocabulary so limited that he can't use more than one definition for the word "win"....
I've attempted to help him expand his vocabulary before, to no avail. Apparently, he's either the type who needs something repeated several times before he gets it, or else he deliberately treats others disrespectfully by shoving his words down their throat.
Expanded Vocabulary Lesson for "win" with Applicable Notes Regarding the Contract Objective: To achieve success in an effort or venture: struggled to overcome the handicap and finally won. Arrogance shown by MS is an obstacle for the Options pilots, but with unity and effort they can win a contract in spite of the FUD thrown in their path.
To obtain or earn (a livelihood, for example). American workers widely recognize that pilots
should earn wages above the blue-collar level because of their professional skills, responsibility, and experience. When they learn how low wages are for frac pilots they're shocked. The Options pilots helped to build the company and already earned the contract they are trying to obtain/win. Union
and non-union companies have established an industry standard that is the fair measure to judge offers by. Fairness dictates that workers receive the going rate for their contribution to the company; thus, all underpaid employees should object to exploitation of their labor.
To reach with difficulty: The ship won a safe port. Only those trying to (suspiciously) reject reality would deny that the FLOPS have made working conditions difficult for the Options pilots, who are trying to win fair rules/pay in a legally binding contract. FUD aside, it
is simple: the attrition rate and recruitment problems are evidence that sub-par wages and non-standard work rules are management sticks used for beating the pilots.
To achieve or attain by effort: win concessions in negotiations. A good example that fits with the term "labor strife". Open-minded board members know that it is simply
right for managers to concede that frac pilots are professionals who should be compensated accordingly. Anything less is disrespectful and unfair to front-line employees responsible for the safety of the clients, jets worth millions, and the overall reputation of the company.
Dictionaries and frac pilots support my use of the word "win"; however, it's not surprising that the Fudspinner is also a word-twister. After all, that's a common trait among those who speak with a forked tongue. Wabi nailed it! A warning for my frac friends:
When you see a poisonous word-twister slithering through the grass give it the boot.
uke:
He needs the black boot! 
