Originally Posted by
Army80
Carl,
Maybe the company:
1. Wants to get profit sharing for all the help reduced.
No maybe about it. The evidence has been overwhelming for over six months now.
Originally Posted by
Army80
2. They believe that in order to accomplish #1, they need to start with the pilots. (The other groups can be done without negotiating) The optics of cutting the non union profit sharing, without cutting the pilot's profit sharing, could be pretty ugly.
Again, no maybe about it.
Originally Posted by
Army80
3. A contract that adds cost to the pilot group can be offset by the savings garnered from the rest of the employee's profit sharing reduction. Even though the rest of workers will probably see a pay increase, it can be sold in with smoke and mirrors to look like it's a net gain.
This is precisely what happened in C2012. Our contract not only was cost neutral to Delta, it provided so much savings that management was able to use those savings to fund initiatives that benefitted OTHER employee groups at Delta. Source: RA and Ed.
Originally Posted by
Army80
I don't see the company's desire to get a quick deal as an automatically bad deal for us.
Again, their duty is to get the lowest possible cost for us. If they were dragging their feet, it would be for the purpose of getting the lowest cost. If they are hurrying, it's for the purpose of getting the lowest possible cost. They happen to be in a rush now. And now you know why they're in a rush.
Carl