Originally Posted by
Purple Drank
Let's use a little strategic thought and pragmatic critical thinking. You know, "chess" instead of "checkers."
OF COURSE the company wants profit sharing. At least the lions' share. RA wants to be "investment grade." Wall Street is going bat**** about our PS. RA has hit the glass ceiling until he can ditch our PS.
I suppose he might leave a few crumbs just so he can poke Ameican in the eye about their lack of profit sharing. But there will be no early contract without gutting PS and significantly funding our own improvements.
Even the dalpa hard-liners have gone nordo on the notion that PS is untouchable.
You are saying "king me." RA is saying "checkmate ."
You say "strategic thought and pragmatic critical thinking" and I say speculation, which is fine but that's not how it is being presented by you or a host of others here.
I'm not dismissing the idea that the company might want to drop profit sharing; it's possible. The company has stated it wants an early contract, that is fact (that they stated it, not that they actually want it). Some here have said the company wants to drop profit sharing, that is speculation. You have put these two things together to come up with...
Originally Posted by Purple Drank
I think we we can all agree that there will be no early contract unless we give up profit sharing
That's quite a leap. We don't actually know that the company wants to get rid of profit sharing. They have publicly extolled the virtues of profit sharing; it's an automatic pay cut when times are bad and helps motivate people when times are good. Wall St. might not like it but they aren't going to like monetizing it either so there isn't much benefit to dropping it. Your statement assumes pilots think profit sharing has an equal worth to an early contract. We know profit sharing is worth about 15% this year and has unlimited upside with known downside (0%). I doubt you'll find many pilots who think that is worth an early contract.
You have dismissed the idea of an early contract for what purpose? Are you an automatic "no" to any first TA? Do you think the only way we can get what you want is a drawn out process?