Originally Posted by
shiznit
1. Extension of 18 months max.
2. MOU/LOA/NMB recognized letter with the company that binds them to production balances in all future codeshare/JV agreements, and to phase them into all current agreements.
3. Pay rate increases of 10% at beginning.
4. 5% increase to rates 12 months later.
5. Significantly increased profit sharing percentage for pilots(at least double).
6. DC increase of 1%
7. Increase Vacation pay to 5:15. (=1.5% annual pay increase per week)
8. Openers exchanged at the 12 month point, and NMB assisted negotiations immediately at the 18 month point.
9. A 5% retro payment and 5% pay rate bump going forward if the reason for the desired extension fails to materialize/deal falls through.
I'd still demand some tangible up front gains in all scope areas not just JV's. Maybe that's what you meant, but for me to agree to a quick extension, which obviously the company would want, I'd have to see some binding DCI and AS code share abuse reversals or its no deal. Ripping 6 seats out of the 76 seaters is doable in a week or two. That would bring us back to the 70 limit without the company having to pay any penalties to anyone and it would further push marketing towards our tiny fleet of 125 seat aircraft as well as our large fuel inefficient MD80/90 fleet, which we will need going forward.
Additionally, no more CPA extensions and a drop dead date in the future for all of it over 50 seats. That gives them a decade to figure it out and even then they'd have 50 seaters to use to fill in rare gaps. That allows immediate stability and flexibility with only marginal gains in CASM/trip cost for half of the DC-9-10 replacment fleet, but provides "capacity dicipline" at the same time by taking seats out of the market.
As long as 50 seaters are being parked, there is zero harm to the operation and zero cost to continually cap the number of allowed 50 seaters to the lower number actually in revenue service, with contract language to protect against schenagans like ultra low utilization, etc.
And I think we need a quarterly status rep review for every single AS code share route and frequency and any city pair beyond certain paramaters needs to be brought in balance with our metal and some markets need to be excluded from the code share entirely. If we want it that bad, we merge. End the AS whipsaw either way.
Again, maybe you meant all that. Our vacation is sickning. An absolute embarassment. And we need sick time reform as well. I'm willing to shorten the list of items for an extension with immediate gains, but I can't agree to allow our current scope debacle to continue just for a 5% raise above an ongoing COLA. If that's all we get (which is what a 10% DOS, 5% after that is) then why even bother resetting the NMB clock.
Want a quick deal? Make real, comprehensive gains in all areas of scope, not just JV's, and fix some critical work rule shortcomings like vacation and sick time. If the company ever makes a peep about productivity, tell them we agree and want to be far more productive, that's why we propose industry dominating rigs and min days to force planning and marketing to make more productive schedules.