Originally Posted by
ClarenceOver
I know its an analogy but what i don't understand is why they don't take the first offer. People think they are getting screwed by a prospective buyer. They say i have to make a profit i have to break even in a buyers market.
The problem was that AMR had ALREADY pulled 40 something million dollars in concessions during the reorganization, er...bankruptcy (Uh, they were bankrupt. Yea, and I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale too) just a few months earlier, and promised that Eagle would receive 175's in return. Fast forward a few months and the new management - AAG - told the pilots, yea, that was then, this is now. Things have changed. We need MORE concessions from you in order to promise (there's that word again) we'll give you the 175's.
The pilots said, what? No, we gave you concessions for the 175's just a few months ago, now you want MORE concessions? Sorry, not happening.
How many times is a pilot group supposed to keep giving back work rules, pay, and benefits, in order to secure more flying, especially when the the parent company is reporting RECORD income?