Originally Posted by
SoCentralRain
Bogging down for another 9-12 months? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
I hope your steel backbone and courage in this regard are carried with you to the cockpit. Bravo.
It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
SCR
Not kidding at all. Look at what is going on right now. CAL growth, UAL shrinkage. If not for J.H.'s plan and favorable NMB makeup, we wouldn't even be close to a contract. That is by design. In 9-12 more months there will be newhire lineholders at CAL and continued surpluses at UAL. Smeisek will be dancing in the streets. Why do you think both MECs passed this AIP by such a wide margin? I think the JNC with help from the proffer request/NMB pressure forced the Company into this contract and the MEC saw it for what it is. A solid industry leading contract that includes 30-63% pay increases and net gains in workrules and job protections. And the risk of going for more outweighs the potential reward.
Sled