Originally Posted by
lalo
Disclaimer- I'm not under the delusion that AWAC is going to do anything but shut its doors.
That being said, I'm no finance or business whiz, nor do I understand the finer points of contract negotiations, but why would UAL or anyone care if we have a new CBA? We have a contract that is being used, what an airline decides to pay AWAC and what AWAC and the pilots agree on are two separate things. UAL or whoever couldn't give a rat's bum how much profit AWAC makes, as long as the flights are completed.
Furthermore, DAL and AWAC were close to a deal while AWAC was still in contract negotiations.
That being said, if I'm wrong somebody please correct me.
You are correct. It's the CPA's that need to be negotiated with their mainline partners. AW needs to be careful tthat there's enough room to make the necessary changes to the CBA to get them competitive again in the regional sector. Being that's an unknown it might make them less aggressive to go after new flying. Additionally the mainline partners like it when their regional partners can finance the planes themselves. It keeps them off their books. I would think AW is in a good position financially (just guess as there's no sec filing) to be very aggressive to obtain new flying. The fact that it's not happening is very puzzling