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Old 01-29-2015 | 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Hawaii50
Why is it more leverage for us?
Because management knows we're set up to make billions, and too much of it will then go to employees. Bastian stated he was losing sleep worrying that he didn't take enough from Delta pilots during BK. Can you even imagine how much sleep he's losing now? If we drag OUR feet, it will literally cost them a billion in profit sharing. That's leverage like we've never had before. If we had a union, we could use it.

Originally Posted by Hawaii50
I don't view PS as a negotiable item so it's not leverage in my opinion.
If it's in the contract, it's negotiable. That's a fact of life.

Originally Posted by Hawaii50
I do however want a lot more in the contract than we have now and the sooner we can get it done the better. Let's make some serious gains while the industry is printing cash.
Agreed.

Carl