Originally Posted by
LeineLodge
Please read about the Virgin Atlantic global production balance. You're not getting the whole story from the NO crowd. If I was only hearing their side of the story I would feel the same as you.
This TA does give automatic compliance in the Atlantic. It does allow them to draw down an additional 4.5ish roundtrips per day in bundle 1. It does allow them to replace all of our airplanes with FTB's hypothetical c-150
BUT
If the do all that they have to maintain those WB hours elsewhere on the globe (global production balance). The language specifies they must be twin aisle (WB) block hours and they cannot be drawn down.
CG'a logic is sound. Sell high and let's do it again in 3 years. We're not selling you out. We are moving the ball down the field 1 first down at a time.
you don't move the ball downfield by losing yards. The issue with this way of thinking is it always defers to management that they tell you whats good for you, and you nod in compliance. If you keep saying we'll get them next time, you'll never know what the line in the sand is. Management will take from you every chance they get because its their job, and they love profit margins. So if theyre going to tell you whats in your best interest, and you don't have the fortitude to say, no, that's taking it too far, then what do you ever hope to achieve "next time?" THIS TIME they took it too far. They promised you big gains when they could afford it, and instead they came and cut more out of your contract, even after the sacrifices and the displacements and the furloughs. You voted yes out of fear, when you should have stood up for what is right and what is fair. This is how negotiations gets played out. Its not for the faint of heart. Lets see if I can count on you in 2018.