Originally Posted by
justjack
This pilot group collectively gave up pay and retirement for over a decade so that these airlines could live to see another day. They worked longer hours with fewer benefits. They invested their lives in this company. When things were bad, management said, "We are all in this together." When the merger was being threatened, the company came to the employees and said,"We are all in this together." So the employees lobbied to help push the merger through.
Now when times are good this company proposes to be the only airline except for Spirit to not give employees profit sharing. Does management really think that arbitration is the way to go?
You have a contract with the NEW AMERICAN until 2018. You WILL NOT SEE PROFIT SHARING. They go to arbitration and they give you the cost adjustments as promised in the MOU. Some think the company doesn't WANT to see all of us go to arbitration. They have their own line in the sand they will not cross and if and when we go to arbitration the BLAME won't fall on the company, it will be on the PILOTS.
Bet on it.