Originally Posted by
BtoA
So, while we are growing as an airline with thousands more pilots, our 'protection' will be that we will fly at least 650,000 international hours. Which, is less than we flew in 2014? Meanwhile, how big was the increase in domestic hours? They disregard the contractual obligations to us and then tell us it is no big deal because we are still flying almost as many hours as we did before. No growth. No protected jobs.
This is bad for us. Very bad. I don't understand why they are spinning it as a protection or positive thing. I guess we are all just too dumb to understand how scope concessions hurt us.
The company is in business to make money. They are not going to agree to protect every block hour flown today. Would you in their place given the current volatility worldwide and the potential for future financial meltdowns? The international landscape no longer changes every few years it changes almost daily.
The 650000 hour number is the total number of block hours flown at the time the company agreed to up the floor from 46.5 to 48.5 with the addition of Alitalia to the JV. The concept is we allow them to go back to 46.5 but keep worldwide protection at the level it was at then.
We currently are flying about 680,000 hours worldwide contrary to the constant forum posts about our shrinking international.
It's a give but overall with the other items mention changing in our favor I would take the new scope over what we have without factoring in any other aspects of the contract.