Originally Posted by
gloopy
It's not about hiding anything. The company will squeal total costs if they have to. Don't think they won't. When they say percentage we translate that into plus or minus SWA and then back out all expected compounded inflation. Suddenly that 70% is a small fraction of that.
Gloopy,
I'm not naive enough to think that management wouldn't squeal to the other groups if it's in their best interests. Rather, I was suggesting a face saving maneuver where they can have some plausible deniabilty with the other groups.
The big point that I think we're both making is there are more ways to improve our W-2 without a percentage increase in section three. We can make big gains in work rules, training and vacation pay. Heck even in benefits we can gain. Of course if we look at the bankruptcy contracts versus C2K we lost more than just pay rates, touching trips and other goodies went bye bye.