Executive Summary - ACPA MOA 2022
To support an informed and engaged democratic process, Pilots for Change is currently working on a Pros and Cons document regarding ACPA’s “MOA for proposed amendments to 2020-2023 Collective Agreement”.
This will be released in the coming days, once we have had a chance to see and review the final/blackline language of the agreement.
In the meantime, we are providing a summary of our concerns along with a preliminary voting recommendation, which is as follows:
We strongly recommend voting NO to this MOA. The potential concessions and pitfalls, in the collective opinion of Pilots for Change, far outweigh any perceived or actual gains for our pilots. We feel there is very little risk in delivering a strong No Vote on this MOA;
We fundamentally disagree with those on the MEC who support this MOA - This proposed deal is in direct contravention of many of our Core Elements and Key Issues. The fact that this MOA was brought to the membership is a sign of the continuing systemic failure of ACPA. Furthermore, we continue to pledge our support to those members of the MEC who were willing to stand up against sending this flawed agreement to our pilots;
Specifically, we feel that the significant concessions in this MOA, which are largely permanent in nature, far outweigh the small gains it provides, many of which are temporary in nature;
This MOA alleviates significant crewing and flexibility issues for the company, which represent significant potential costs, without providing any significant value for our pilots;
Specifically, as these proposed wage ‘increases’ relate to inflation, they are far behind our current inflation levels (7.0%). Accordingly, these proposed wage increases do not make us whole in our current economic environment and deleverage us for future wage negotiations;
Above is a graphical representation of the impact of inflation compared to our current wages, the MOA proposal and our inflation adjusted wages from 2003. To see the full presentation download it here or view our wage data informational page.
Many of the concessions in this MOA, particularly in Scope and Training language, represent potentially large future liabilities for our pilot group and significantly larger cost items than what is being told to our pilots by ACPA;
We feel that, given the historic leverage position that our pilots find themselves in today, and how far behind our legacy peers we have fallen over the past decade, this MOA falls short in addressing these issues with any meaningful gains, and in return gives significant permanent concessions to the company;
We find ACPA’s attempt to “sell” the membership on a sub-standard agreement to be a fundamentally flawed strategy, reminiscent of agreements past. We find that it is contrary to effective pilot engagement and creates a divisive environment where pilots continually lose trust in their union representation;
There is no risk to voting down this agreement. There is no risk of arbitration, mediation or Final Offer Selection (FOS), and it is important that we recognize our worth.
Simply put, this MOA just isn’t good enough.
Please keep an eye on your email for a more detailed Pros and Cons Analysis in the coming days, after we are able to review the MOA final/blackline language.
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