Originally Posted by
BackintheLPA
Who took concessions and PBS again? You could only hope that you could negotiate a contract that has SAP and critical coverage pay that works like ours. What you are probably getting offered a version of our contract minus the key components that make it work. There is truly nothing that compares to it and I hope one day you guys are capable of comprehending what we have. All we needed was new planes to guarantee a future so we can take full advantage of the QOL and pay SAP/CCP provide. So far, it appears that we're playing chess and you guys are playing checkers.
Whatever ridiculous analogy you want to use to help you sleep at night, that's fine. The fact, there was an impending shortage of labor at the regional level. When your sister subsidiary rejected concessions for airplanes, instead of letting this shortage play out like it is doing now, you folded like a house of cards.
At least you admit that as long as your pilot group is happy, you'd be happy to sell the rest of us up the creek. There's a reason why this profession is in the state that it is and you can look in the mirror for the reason why.