Originally Posted by
AirbusFO
I disagree EF...I concur with the analyses that this was lost last year with the MTA--when a cost neutral backstop to arbitration was put in place. When Section 6 opens up in 2017 (No Vote) or 2018 (Yes Vote), hopefully by that point we will at least start seeing how the ISL is shaking out, the workgroup starting to stitch together better, and still solid profits and profit margins--IF (big if--I know) that is the landscape in which we open the negotiations for the next contract--This is the point where APA first slides over the Balance sheets showing how much money we are making--then slides over the Delta Contract and says "We want that--+8% because they are going to negotiate a new one in a cupla years"...That is the point where we better stand firm...IF we roll over then--and don't get Industry Standard Work rules and Industry Standard Pay--I'll agree with you...
Well, let's get the dates right first, eh ?
It's 2019 and 2020.
Now that we've corrected your basic errors, let's proceed with the foundational ones. The next step is for you to describe what we will have for leverage in 2020 that we can bargain with. Then we can begin to determine where were are.
My contention is that with a yes vote, well have nothing of value as we will at that point be the cheapest pilot group of the big three perhaps by at least 15% in total costs. Parker in fact, will have no real reason to bargain with us for years with that reality.
So, could you explain in detail what our leverage will be and just how we will somehow pull together from the hideously fragmented group of independent contractors we are presenting ourselves to Parker as right now ?
I'm all ears.