Originally Posted by
Alan Shore
While I cannot speak for how communications affect anyone else, these are the pieces that raise my expectations for C2015:
PUB events -- MD regularly talks about the fact that, while we've made progress over the past ten years to recoup some of our losses, we still have a long way to go
Why won't he say this publicly or to management? Is the negotiation for C2015 to be some kind of surprise attack like Pearl Harbor? That sounds like a great strategy... Let's spend 10 years making them think we're okay with bankruptcy as a reset and then we'll blindside 'em with opening for restoration.
Originally Posted by
Alan Shore
Contract History -- the financial timeline in the front shows us finally having reached a similar level of profitability (relative to size) as Delta had prior to C2K, and being well above that level in actual dollars; now that our profitability is at or above where we were in the late 90's, I expect similar results
Contract History Summary -- the 777A pay chart shows what I saw in MD's PUB presentation -- although we've made some progress toward restoration, we're not nearly finished, as you have to include profit sharing to even get us close to 2004 in real dollars, let alone restore that year's buying power; I expect significant strides toward that goal
Contract Comparison -- with CAL and USAir gone, the industry landscape is MUCH better than it was for C2012; our major competitors are no longer dragging us down, but pushing us up instead, and they have book rates that are higher than ours in the year or two after our amendable date; this leads me to expect increases significantly greater than those in C2012
That's all well and good. But without setting an objective like that, clearly stating it, and building a plan to achieve it, do you really expect it to happen? Those in leadership positions within DALPA are still afraid to even utter the word "restoration." In fact, most will dismiss the kinds of increases it would take to achieve it as being "unreasonable."
I'm glad you're optimistic, Alan, (and more importantly, I'm glad to know you agree with restoration as the objective) but I think you're being extremely naive given the reality of the predominant thinking within our MEC.