Originally Posted by
amcflyboy
How about you prove us wrong. You're the one who seems to know everything here, about what our ELT is NOT making. You show us the numbers. These ****sticks negotiate their own pay, that is a fact! This company makes more money than what they say. Growth you say? Your organic growth is already slowing down. It's called Aer Lingus and Hawaiian Airlines parking at T5, plus ZERO open time in FLICA! And now the company wants to have unlimited domestic code sharing?! YGTBFSM!! I don't see how the union would slow down growth anymore. The ELT has had their chance to grow at the speed that you preach. Time is up. Pay it forward!
TX proved you guys wrong. Well, that is if you can use a calculator.
I don't like the codeshare stuff entirely, but I am not anti-union. That said, most union companies codeshare. And a union wouldn't force the company to buy A330s to fly to Dublin.
No open time in FLICA in sept, a trough month, wow I'm so shocked.... Wait until you get the vacation system these guys are demanding. Be ready for no open time 3x as often.
I didn't say a union would slow growth. I said raising pilot CASM 30% (or legacy pay) would slow growth. Growing is expensive, the money has to come from somewhere. And despite what alvr says, labor expenses are not free, and they do matter.