Originally Posted by
pipe
It's a zero (or negative) sum game. It's not a gain for the NB community, it's a loss for the WB community. I'm an NB guy and am not excited about trading my upside for some extra crumbs now.
Again though, I think this was over before the first shot was fired.
Pipe
Anytime you park airframes, it is a loss for the pilot group.
It was a loss when we parked the Tiger 727's
It was a loss when we parked the DC-8.
It was a when we parked the 747.
It was a BIG loss when we parked the DC-10 (real bad timing)
The fact that all the 727 are being parked is a BIG loss that isn't going to be stopped, LOA or not, new CBA or not.
The Company's grand scheme of slowly parking MD-10's and A300/310's won't be stopped, with or without an LOA or CBA.
In 2006 we agreed that the 757 was a Narrow body, not some new Large NB category or WB category to make up for the loss of the S/O and extra 20K of freight weight.
Be glad this LOA says the 767 is a WB. Imagine if the majority replacement aircraft for MD10's and A300 were considered a NB or some new less than WB category.
Looking forward, Imagine this company with 2 fleet types: or more importantly 2 Bid Packs.
777's and 757/767's
Now imagine one Bid Pack is WB
and the other is NB.