Originally Posted by
FlameNSky
That still doesn't answer how stopping the flow would HELP envoys retention and recruitment. It would only solve their problems for a few months while FOs flee the company like rats off a ship and the new hires stop. Its like teaching a student pilot the importance of maintaining best glide speed during an engine failure. Pitching up may temporarily make it appear that you are stretching your glide path to make the field but ultimately you are shortening your glide path and putting yourself in an even worse situation you were in to begin with.
The Delta arbitration is not a valid argument because the only negative impact Delta had to deal with due to their actions was the financial loss. For envoy to stop the flow, they would eventually have to correct the contractual violation but would also suffer greatly on the retention and recruitment aspect of their business.
Please, anybody, describe to me a scenario where stopping the flow could have a long term positive effect on envoy's staffing. It just doesn't make business sense.
It's a valid argument because the airline does what the airline wants to do. The contract can make it an expensive move or a realitivity cheap one, but they can a will do what they want to.
The long term interest argument is not valid. That's like claiming that you will push your car past a gas station because the gas isn't cheap enough.
Regionals don't plan past the end of the day, much less the quarter or year.