Originally Posted by
sailingfun
I would certainly not call the 01 contract a restoration contract. It was a contract with lots of give and take that put our hourly rates at the top of the industry but left our overall pilot costs slightly below the top and brought all the major industry players very close to each other with the exception of SWA who still lagged well behind. It certainly was not industry leading in the scope section.
Contrast that with where we stand today and the numbers that will end up in front of the NMB and we have a vastly different situation.
My point is was not weather the 2001 contract did fully 'restore' us, but rather, WHERE IS OUR LEADERSHIP this time around?
Were they absent the day they lost their DB plans?
Were they absent when they lost 42% of their pay?
They won't even mention the word, "Restoration" this time around.
WHY NOT??
What was it Lee said, "The contracts are mature" and Richard said, "Labor risk has been taken off the table."
Where was the retraction from Lee, and the push back from the MEC?
Their silenced implies consent.
So I guess we'll be lucky if Richard is willing to trade more profit sharing for another cost neutral 4-8-3-3 contract.
