You know how much it’s going to cost the company to train everyone on the Q?? You think the company wants/need to be spending money on training right now?? Use your brain and step back and look at this from a larger scope.
No, the company doesn't want to spend money on training right now, but that is exactly what was agreed to in the PTA. It was agreed that we Encore guys get to flow up and that the mainline guys get to bump down. The cost of a bump down was factored into the agreement by not having a long-term pay scale and other considerations. I don't consider the WACON's to be horrific at Encore, but they are less than our comparators because of the PTA.
You need to ask yourselves, through honest self reflection, why you decided not to listen to the people who've went through a downturn or two in their lives
Lot's of Encore pilots are at Encore because of previous downturns. Lot's of mainline pilots are near the bottom of the list for the same reason. I've been through two or three downturns and saw value in the PTA from my perspective and that of a mainline pilot. My self-reflection says that it's not the PTA that was the problem, but that there were not enough protections built-in for both bargaining units regarding flow and bump downs.
Could have just had Encore flow to BOTL of mainline, no bump down, and be done with it.
Could have, but that's well-worn ground that isn't going to be easily fixed as I would consider it likely that cancelling the PTA would require that all pilots keep their current spot, so it won't help in the short-to-medium term.
The problem with the one list is not necessarily that it exists, but that both bargaining units can change the working and pay conditions of pilots affected at the other without appropriate input from the other group. In this case, mainline pilots now have to accept lower WACON's to come to Encore, which is unacceptable, despite understanding why it likely happened. The reverse case, however unlikely, is possible too.
The fix is not to cancel the PTA, as that is ultimately what saves a few mainline jobs right now and will again when this all happens in another 10 to 12 years. Perhaps it's to allow both bargaining units a say in their collective future with flows and bump downs by either diluting certain votes (i.e., those affecting wages) with weighted input from the other bargaining unit or by merging the MEC's.