Per the MEC directive…
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Negotiating Committee is charged with investigating with management, and designing on an expedited basis, a follow on retirement plan that achieves the maximum level of benefits, on an equitable basis, for the greatest number of US Airways pilots..[/blockqoute]
There is a lot of rhetoric from all fronts, but the facts boil down to a real simple and undisputed reality, namely: The company cannot abandon it’s pension obligations without the EXPRESS CONSENT of the pilots to agree to make void the current obligations. Otherwise the company would have done so long ago and would not have entreated the judge to get permission to do so (which permission the judge refused to grant.)
Color it however you wish, and add as much blather as you like, it matters not; the outcome is now certain.
ALPA has caved… again.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Negotiating Committee is charged with investigating with management, and designing on an expedited basis, a follow on retirement plan that achieves the maximum level of benefits, on an equitable basis, for the greatest number of US Airways pilots..[/blockqoute]
There is a lot of rhetoric from all fronts, but the facts boil down to a real simple and undisputed reality, namely: The company cannot abandon it’s pension obligations without the EXPRESS CONSENT of the pilots to agree to make void the current obligations. Otherwise the company would have done so long ago and would not have entreated the judge to get permission to do so (which permission the judge refused to grant.)
Color it however you wish, and add as much blather as you like, it matters not; the outcome is now certain.
ALPA has caved… again.