Well you are focusing on the 20% and as I said, I was just pulling the numbers out of my ass, but the point is, if we get a 'raise' of a dollar amount, say $1 Billion, then the profits go down by that amount. Yes? Do you agree? So we have already cut our profit sharing, because there will be less profit; $1 Billion less.
Now, if to get that $1 Billion raise, we reduce our profit sharing payout by the same amount; $1 Billion, then we have cut it twice, because the profit is already going to be $1 Billion less, and then we 'traded' for the other billion. The company keeps the tax savings by moving $1 billion in 'Profits' to 'Operating Expenses' (pilot salary).
The devil would be in the details and how we set up the 'trade', but I have no doubt the company has "Top Men" all over it, and they will be sure to sell us all the Fuzzy Math we are stupid enough to buy!
As I said earlier, the company doesn't want to make this trade because they think profits are going down in the future, do they?
