Originally Posted by
MOTOJOE
Well if that chitchat rumor is close to 9/9/5/5 it's a done deal... Just sayn. If it passed at 4/8/4/4 or was it 4/8/3/3? it will pass hands down at 28% raise for three yrs. plain and simple, a third of the airline retires in the next three to five yrs. I don't think they really care if the credit for vacation goes up,or the scope is better, etc...
The negotiating environment is quite different now from contract 2012. The quarter prior to signing the contract we lost money. American, United and Cal and USAIR were drags on the industry. USair competed with us on more city pairs then anyone else and paid their CA's 125 an hour.
Those issues are now all in the past. The negotiating environment is light years better then back then and most pilots recognize that. USair is paid more then us today. There is no real comparison from then to now.