Originally Posted by
Atrasaty
742dash is correct in that the nature of ACMI/CMI flying can be volatile. In the past we have been told many times that the company is not interested in signing short term deals just to put planes in the sky. We walked away from Emirates for that reason allegedly. This deal, though not short term in totality is potentially very short term for the crews who will be hired to fill it. The escape clause will be used to threaten us should we seek self help, meanwhile the top execs will have trousered millions from the deal on top of the millions they got for the Southern deal. They are all in a position to retire after their mega bonus scheme and we can whistle Dixie!
Bottom line....if you are hired here while we gear up for Amazon, when Bezos tires of us you will be on the street even if you went to the 747.
That just makes your self help more threatening to management... Given such clauses you could kill the company in a short period of time. You have to be willing to do that if that's what is required for a fair contract. The good news is each of you can leave the company on a Friday and have a flying Job the following week in this market. As the face off continues pay off debt and build the emergency fund so you can survive if the management miscalculates and the company goes belly up because they want to cheap out on paying you.