Originally Posted by
sublime259
Ha, please...you are absolutely pathetic and also really really dumb. Eagle has been actively shrinking since the day we stood up for no pay-cuts in a time of record profit. PSA, however, rolled over the second an empty threat was made (behind closed doors no less.) Are you seriously not getting this?
Go back to your circle-jerk, because that's pretty much what your pilot group is doing. The entire industry looks down upon you except yourselves.
You should probably review the facts better.
PSA was offered 61% growth with 10% of the seniority list flowing to Us Airways per year, and if the options were to be exercised it would be 142% growth. Eagle was never offered that, period. If they would have been you would know from the whiplash you suffered form the vote going through so fast.
The 12/4 gripe is valid, but also one dimensional. The PSA seniority list is much more junior. The payroll sayings from Eagle going to 12/4 is many times more than PSA, it would be the equivalent of PSA going to a 6/2 cap.
Since PSA didn't vote in a 6/2 cap the payroll sayings is not there. The Eagle union should have tried to negotiate to the company for the same % of payroll cut if they were going to ultimately concede to a concession. 12 year employees at PSA are currently awaiting a class dates at American so that shows you how the "12/4 caps concession" was not a big cost savings for AAG. It is, what has turned out to be not a very expensive bargaining credit.
An equivalent vote for American Eagle would have been a 360 jet plan with options to 542 jets with 25 flows per month and a 17/7 step cap for some minor payroll savings.
You really believe that would have been voted down?