Originally Posted by
blastoff
I wasn't endorsing the SmartPref system, only pointing out that you are a flat-out liar when suggesting the XJT group refuses to budge on PBS.
We know your position. Your rhetoric on here suggests to everyone which side is building the brick wall. Somehow your new Eagle contract is a symbol of a "wink, nod" endorsement of the ASA groups negotiation tactics. Yet during the first 2 years of this merger, L-XJT grew at a steady clip, and hired nearly 1000 pilots...none of this has to do with negotiations.
BOHICA is right. UAL/CAL has been playing the block hour game with us about every 2 years going back a decade. Nothing to see here.
Part of the reason for only 900 pilots hired was that your former management team ran you so lean that approx 200 pilots were hired just to staff you correctly.
Just remember this..don't take it personal, it's just business.