Originally Posted by
Waitingformins
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?
Burn it down!!
$12.5k???
Ok fine somebody else can burn it down. I got kids in college!