Originally Posted by
Invisible Man
The last round of contracts were all in BK or the threat of BK. Again the judge ruled in favor of the company 99% of the time.
One thing they got for loosening scope was they did not have to take a bigger pay cut then they did, or more work rule changes, or less sick time, etc.. If they did not bend on scope they would have had to give more somewhere else. None of the choices they had to choose from where good. It was not like they where happy about any of it. What do you think they should have given up? And remember if it was not Scope it has to come from somewhere else.
I want more major jobs. But they need to be good paying jobs or why bother.
"as for the last 2 sentences, please"
I could be wrong but didn't Mesa ask the pilots to fly 737's? And they said no.
so where do you draw the line in the sand?
when do you hold management accountable for running an airline? it's never been a pilot contract's that have put an airline under, it's management.
how did southwest continue to turn a profit right after 9-11? remember everyone was paying about the same for fuel then.
why bother having more jobs at the major? 1. you are gaining seniority and don't have to take another paycut. 2. less ability to get whipsawed 3. most likely less time spent at the regional.
I don't think mesa was turning them down so that a parent could fly them. I think they turned them down because they wouldn't cave to JO's cheap wages. If they were high enough I think they would have taken them but they weren't even close. I could be wrong too...