Originally Posted by
rvr1800
No but you were brought in to our peer set at JetBlue on our last "contract" and directly brought down our rates because of that. That is a fact. But that is fine as long as you can recognize that that is a problem for everyone.
We've got the lowest rates in the industry. It's a fact too. We just came through bankruptcy without a single work rule touched, but that's for another discussion.
The only reason I chime in is to point out that the peer group you use in contract negotiations is NEGOTIATED. The company says "Spirit and Frontier" and ALPA had best say "American and SWA". Eventually you meet in the middle somewhere.
That the ugly house down the block exists and affects your property value may be a fact, but they may scrape it and build one that makes yours look like a POS.
It is all a big cycle that's been going on for years. The difference seems to be the public forums for venting, the age 65 rule having recently stalled so many plans (you were warned not to bet your mortgages on) and the entitled mentality so pervasive in every facet of today's society.
Rant over. Good luck with your contract!