Originally Posted by
Denny Crane
Wow. I understand your passion about getting back to where we were but to blame us (even a little) for other unions not being able to exceed what we have (as far as compensation) goes a bit over the top. I do not see the logic there.
By not exceeding our rates, how much damage have they done to us and our next contract negotiations? Pattern bargaining is alive and well in this industry.
Denny
Our company is in much better financial shape than theirs and arguably has a better outlook for profits going forward. In almost 10 years, we've restored the 14% pay cut we took with an 1113 gun to our heads in bankruptcy and allowed the 32.5% pay cut we took prior to bankruptcy to stand.
With that kind of bar set by the pilot group that is supposedly leading the profession out of the abyss, why would you expect them to be able to exceed our rates?
If pattern bargaining is alive and well... based on our performance in an environment of extreme profits, we're screwed (and probably so is everybody else).