Originally Posted by
Professor
Junglebus,
At first blush it looks like a crap deal. I thought the exact same thing.
It has taken be three days to understand it.
There are downside protections now. Our 757's get included in the balance. UK traffic is removed. And we spent get penalized for upguaging as we take delivery of 330's/350's.
This and sick leave are elements I feel need the most individual scrutiny and debate.
Here's the problem. During bad times we try to protect the downside. During good times we are also now more concerned with the down side then the upside. We are protecting the downside with this by lowering the current status quo during good times by reducing the future requirements simply because the original contract wasn't honored. You are being duped by the spokesmen for the company. Your union. They are one step ahead since they hold the cards.
If it takes you days to understand it, you can't bet we will be exploited by it. There is a reason the contract is a thousand pages long and it ain't to help the pilot.
We are not protecting anything. We are selling scope again.