Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Very serious answer. Throw the SWAPA contract on the table and say: "We'll take this plus 5% with increases above 737 sized aircraft based on the increased capacity." If the company screamed bloody murder (and they will), we simply call the NMB. The NMB would have no grounds to park us when we are only asking for what our largest less profitable competitor already has.
Carl
Carl, thanks for the answer and it's possible that that might be a strategy if the Delta pilots want SWAPA + 5%, but is that what the Delta pilots want? Some here demand no less than restoration of C2K plus COLA. Your opener doesn't come close to meeting their demands. Will they consider your proposed opener a capitulation? If you were a rep what do you tell them when they ask you why you didn't set restoration as your clear objective in your opener?