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Pineapple Guy
4. Guys hated profit sharing when we traded pay to get it. They said it will never pay off, it's subject to bean counter manipulation, etc. They said SHOW ME THE MONEY. Now, ALPA negotiates a "modest" decrease in profit sharing, while still maintaining the top bracket (20% of all income above $2.5B goes to the employees -- think if AAPL had that!), and you're complaining.
I nearly spit my coffee out on my keyboard laughing at that one..."modest". How about we scrap everything in this TA and go for a "modest" increase for a 35% pay increase at date of signing.