Originally Posted by
Army80
BTW, the very definition of "Negotiate" means to deal or bargain with another or others. The only reason the company hasn't "iced" us and gone into the usual 3-5 year contract model is that they need something.
Easy. Profit sharing give backs. We've been over this ad nauseam
Originally Posted by
Army80
I'm willing to see what it is and what value we can garner from their needs. Your belief that we should not deal with or bargain with the company would never get us a deal. It's unrealistic and will cost the pilot group.
If we don't like the deal we can vote no.
I can tell you now. If the rumored give backs are only half true, and the rumored rates are accurate, we didn't get anything other concessionary contract in the most wildly profitable era of the airline industry, that has benefited and continues to from their new pricing paradigm. Unbundled Fees
How much was that stock buy back and dividend package for?
Time to move labor peace to the edge of the table. Careful with that! That labor peace is made of fine bone China. It breaks easily.