Originally Posted by
scambo1
Just trying to grasp some of this, mostly the bold part.
I am guessing this was the chief pilot powwow, not the union roadshow?
Anyone with more info to add?
This all just sounds like snippets that line pilots want to hear...organic growth, contract by amenable date, shiny new jets and more of them. etc.
It didn't say anything about organic growth. It implied some 737 airframes earlier than originally planned, and maybe some extra of those particular airframes eventually, but those were all replacement airframes in the first place.
The 777 rumor was extremely vague and besides I think its clear we are a 2 engine airline. We want out of the 4 engine business bad. That's what JV partners are for anyway. As for the ammendable date thing, even if he said that, what is his definition of agreement?
Status quo or worse scope? An outsourced 250+ fleet of DC-9-10 replaement jets on another seniority list? Route transfers to Alaska as we outsource 737-900's on high frequency dense markets between massive DL cities in exchange for a little bit more wide body flying (the most insane stratedgy ever)?
As for pay, does RA think our bankruptcy emergency survival loan contract is some new world order in the permantly changed landscape of pilot costs? And does he also think that he can throw full or partial cost of living adjustments on top of that and call it a "30% raise over the life of"
and have that bold faced lie repeated and peddled by pilot leadership, all in the name of "constructive engagement" and getting an agreement by the ammendable date?
Or if we push for superior than SWA pay, work rules and scope, will he "put his game face on" and get nasty?
I'm sure he wants an agreement by the ammendable date. Every CEO in the nation does. The question is what kind of an agreement. SWA+ pay, rates and W-2, full and complete cost of living on top of that, very significant scope recapture at all levels and work rule improvements across the board, fix our pathetic vacation and use it or lose it sick time give back program and several other things and he can have a quick CBA by the ammendable date. But somehow I doubt he would be so labor friendly in that case.
We outsource WAY too many pilot jobs, at all levels. We earn WAY too little. Our vacation and work rules need significant improvements. And COLA IS NOT A RAISE.
If we can all agree on that, a quick contract is very possible. If a quick contract does not happen, you can bet it is because RA does not agree to those basic facts and is playing car salesman to get us in a new CBA today.