Originally Posted by
Cruise
The safety memo that was put out has absolutely nothing to do with our contract negotiations. Safety should never and will never be used as a bargaining platform for the contract.
That memo was released as a safety/ non-compliance concern regarding our operation. Nothing more, nothing less. The fact that it is legal and forces their hand is merely a side effect.
I kinda disagree. I don't think this obscure "life saving safety concern" would have been dumped on the company if we were a well paid and respected pilot group. I'd bet my savings that if we had annual profit sharing checks we would still be taxiing around on one engine and we would have never got the ALPA memo. Just my 2 cents.