Originally Posted by
kingairip
I guarantee you he (Parker) sees it differently, Eaglefly. I think he's wrong and I agree with you. But, Parker will tell the analysts "I offered them the highest pay in all the land!" And, I don't think the analysts will really care beyond that...as long as the profits keep coming. And, they will.
Bassslayer is right on the money. "There are A LOT of pilots at the "New AA" that have way overestimated Parkers desire for labor harmony and/or fear of arbitration." He sold APA a bill of goods to get them to buy off on the MOU...and they bought it, hook, line and sinker. But, in the end, he really doesn't care if we're happy or hissed off...as long as the airplanes keep moving.
.......then we go to arbitration, wait 13 months for significant pay raises that will trail Delta and Parker lives with present scope and has his larger US Airways with new paint and a product closer to Spirit then Delta. I think in that case, he'll get what he pays for. Building a premium carrier with angry front-line employees existing under inferior compensation while they watch the executives ca$h in with fat profit-sharing and bonuses doesn't sound like a winning plan to me..........at least one that will last. When the profits fade, he'll be on his won to fix that, just like the last bunch that failed miserably in the end. No pensions to whack this time though.
At least there will be no facades or subterfuge then and everyone will be able to accurately identify where AA fits in the global market.............that being the same place the old AA did with a marginal product and chronic counter-productive labor relations that hamstring its potential.