Originally Posted by Splash

Not trying to mislead. I'm trying to prove that pay rates that aren't well above the rest - regardless of how they got there - are not vulnerable. American didn't take cuts to their pay rates in bankruptcy because their rates weren't vulnerable.



So a discussion of "buying power" and inflation referencing 1986 earnings is meaningless in this context. We work in a very competitive segment of the private sector. If this was a discussion of how much government workers (like the military) should receive in pay increases, it might matter. We negotiate your pay and benefits based in large part upon how profitable our enterprise is. We don't have to like it, but we should understand it.

Our enterprise is very successful right now. I expect to see significant improvements to our earnings negotiated in the next contract because of that.



I am not attacking you. Can you respond without attacking me?