Originally Posted by
Karnak
Insisting on a short duration contract was brilliant,
Except it wasn't a short duration contract. 3.5 years is not short.
Originally Posted by
Karnak
and the only reason we're in a position to talk about capitalizing on Delta's strong profitability.
We're
exactly out of phase Karnak...that's the whole point. Our 3% this year is occurring during wildly high corporate profitability. All forecasts show our 3% next year will be occurring in a time of similar wildly high profitability. If our E&FA guys could actually forecast, these would be the times to be getting (and easily justifying) 10% gains. What are we getting during this time of extraordinary profitability? 3%, 3%.
Worse yet, some are forecasting a possible economic downturn in 2016 as part of normal business cyclicality. If that happens, we could be under pressure to minimize gains...after we squandered our huge profitability of 2014/2015 on raises of 3%, 3%. Preventing this is why we have Economic & Financial analysts at ALPA.
Originally Posted by
Karnak
Your observation is right on. There was a way for the Angry Birds to score big on their predictions of massive profits, and their charge of ALPA incompetence. But that would have required some personal investment instead of just talk.
So now we're being called the "Angry Birds" inside the DALPA echo chamber? Fabulous.
But you again purposely miss the point. We "Angry Birds" aren't ALPA Economic & Financial Analysts. We're line pilots. We hire ALPA to do that for us. Our predictions of corporate profitability and ability to profit from those predictions do not change the fact that ALPA E&FA recommended 3%, 3% raises during times of enormous corporate profitability.
Look forward to your next deflection.
Carl