Originally Posted by
NoCoairbus
We waited 50 minutes for our gate in Denver last night, along with several other planes. Our numbers have to be awful.
I don't see us getting to an actual strike. The company has tons of airplanes coming over the next several years and needs to hire hundreds each year just to fill those seats, let alone any attrition. Why would anyone want to come work here when EVERY OTHER AIRLINE HIRING WILL PAY AT LEAST 40% MORE? Especially if we're making no headway in negotiations.
When there's a class of 20 and only 5 show up the company will be forced to do something.
That won't happen. This is not new. The age old adage of people won't come to class is a false narrative. They'll come.
The rest is a game. To their dentriment they're not a get out in front of it management team. You would think they would be after being served a strike previously.
They will only cost themselves more in the long run. Three months ago if they had offered B6 pay I bet the group would have approved and moved on, 160 to 208 is a healthy raise.
Now, it's nothing less than Allegiant, next Spirit and JetBlue will have contracts. Then the stakes will be higher and it will cost this management team more.
Until then it's just a game guys. Let the union fill the right squares so we can strike, be prepared to strike.
Until then do the best you can at your job.