Question airline pay cuts

[eeg]

Does every single pilot cast a vote on either taking a pay cut or not? or does the Union make that decision for them? Sorry but I don't know much about unions.

[Doug Taylor]

The company and union negotiators agree on a "Tentative Agreement".

Then the "Tentative Agreement" comes to the average line Joe for his approval via a vote a few weeks after the "Tentative Agreement".

That's *IF* you have "Membership Ratification" which some unions do not.

[eeg]

Thank you for clearing that up

[Kristie]

membership ratification?

[Doug Taylor]

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membership ratification?

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Means that I have to review the tentative agreement and vote on it.

[Kristie]

so the unions don't always have membership ratification? which cases would they NOT have that?

[Doug Taylor]

Well, I'm not sure, but I think a long time ago the union at my employer didn't. The union negotiators would more or less go into a room with the company negotiators, and more or less walk out with an agreement.

But "something happened" one day and then the pilot group demanded membership ratification.

[eeg]

So basically this TA might not pass if Delta pilots like yourself don't like it?

[MQAAord]

If enough of the membership votes no on the ratification, it will not pass.

That is unlikely however. It's expected to pass.

[eeg]

Thank you very mucho MQAAord...

[seagull]

Membership ratification is a pretty recent event in airline history. Not all carriers have it, and the subject is a bit controversial in some respects. Most carriers did not have it 10 years ago.