Originally Posted by
Purple Drank
Ah, there it is. The ubiquitous ALPA straw man argument. The "just say no crowd." Hint: that crowd is growing exponentially every day.
And it's stunning how fast ALPA went from promising an "historic" contract to dispatching messengers here to tell us that if we vote down a crappy TA, we have "unreasonable contract demands."
I'm happy to wind the clock and cash profit sharing checks until RA figures it out. I'd wager many of "those approaching retirement" will be just fine doing the same.
I think you put a very fine point on this actually.
Profit sharing removes the TVM argument right now.
Who cares about dragging out negotiations. Status quo doesn't suck and it sucks far far less than concessions during a time of significant profitability.
I don't have any rumor specifics except for some of the hot potatoes that I read here. I have a hard time believing them because they are so ridiculous.
If they are true, then how could anyone possibly cheerlead them?
There is absolutely no acceptable reason for concessions in this environment and no reason to get a speedy substandard TA.