Originally Posted by
NuGuy
That bar has moved significantly, but we can't even get the MEC to study the question. They don't want to examine the economics as they CURRENTLY exist.
The game of the next 24 months is not that of the last 24, nor the 10 years before that. FTDT will ravage the regionals, because their bag of scheduling tricks, like scheduled reduced rest and 16 hour duty days, are going out the window.
Their ONLY way to mitigate crew costs is to reduce pay and benefits. Yet they already find it VERY difficult to recruit people to work for their bottom basement wages...and yet here comes the 1,500 hour rule to haunt their dreams.
The game has changed. The only one singing from the old hymnal seems to be DALPA.
Nu
The financial guys at ALPA are working on these types of assessments on a near daily basis. The EFA team works on the numbers constantly. Most recently they did a complete assessment for APA. They also provided numbers in preparation for our opener. Where the numbers come in will be a critical part of our negotiations with the company. They are being studied and looked at on a near constant basis. Your statement could not be further from the truth.