Originally Posted by
aa73
If you would have been at AA back in the years where we had "profit sharing" and the company carefully adjusted the profits whereby we never saw a dime, you'd understand. Yeah, we all want the Delta PS deal but before that, we have to have Delta management for that to work.
No, we're talking about the union that made this entire merger, and your pay raise, possible. Say what you want about APA but in the end, they made lemonade out of lemons in the midst of a nasty situation.
Amazing how quiet you guys were back in the $125/hr Airbus Captain days. Now that you're well of the way back up to industry standard, you start ripping on the very union that helped pull you out??
Please, there wasn't anything special about APA that made this any different from what any other union would have been able to accomplish. Well, except USAPA. Parker and company needed you as much as you needed them. It was more circumstance than ability that made this happen. And if you really want to get into the details, APA's negotiating accomplishments and general prognosticating sucked. 3.5:1 and PBS, who needs that! Profit sharing, nah, we won't want that. The devil is in the details with this MOU and APA got played hard. Spare us the 'bow before your master' routine.