Originally Posted by
gloopy
We're not going to fall for it though. Even if we're told to fall for it, we're not going to fall for it.
We're very productive, especially considering the company chooses to have the least productive fleet mix in the industry. They get a revenue premium from that however, which is a small part of why we are a very high revenue per pilot group. They say productivity per pilot, we say revenue per pilot.
Case closed.
I don't think they really want banding as a means to an end. What they really want are longer freezes and FAR117 undoing soft changes lik e block time starting at wheel spin up and other schemes. Other than that, we don't have very much "productivity" left to give. Not to mention they could get massive increased productivity by simplifying fleet types anytime they want to. That is and always has been their choice.
This is an excellent post. Spot on.
What is coming our way?
Reduced profit sharing to fund pay increases. Worst mistakewe could ever makes opening this Pandora's box. If it was a good deal, why would management want it?
Rolling AF/KLM scope violation into C2015. Management will work this settlement down to nothing by forcing it into the new PWA.
Longer freezes. Management is in a full fledged panic over the training waterfall. As always, they expect us to fix their problems.
Jerry