Originally Posted by
JamesBond
3B4 don't do bupkus when the FED kicks up interest rates like they are talking about. Concession. The 3% the non cons will be getting won't even keep up with inflation at that point. That's YOUR answer? And you are the one that was bloviating about how we are getting screwed in international JV. If, as you say, our scope is awful and there are more JV partners doing 'our' flying, that ain't gonna change without a new provision. Meanwhile, they continue -if what you allege is true- to take our flying, and getting that back will take years. Concession. And I'll stick with my prediction that retro is gone if we don't have a deal within the next month or so. Concession. Oh, but we'll say no until they give it to us, right?
Gridlock is a terrible strategy. The reps need to come together and do what is right for us. Stop the infighting. It's stupid and childish.
Management will do what they want. They have already proven their ability to economically violate SCOPE. I prefer to collect on the I'll gotten profits and not do further harm by changing a metric every 3 years. Global protection would be nice if I thought they would honor it.