Originally Posted by
NWSteeringArmer
It's not a foolish statement... they saw what happened at spirit... lets do some math...
We operate 280 daily flights... lets say we sell an average of 180 seats per flight (a mix of 319, 320 and 321)... I read the average frontier fare is $115 but that seems to be on the low end... multiply that all together and they'd be losing $5.5M a day on fares alone... they still have to pay for gates, landing fees, keeping the lights on... and they have more expenses I can't even begin to imagine... a bank doesn't throw away north of $7M a day because they hate their labor that much...
I think we will get released... and I think we'll get a TA at the last minute before a strike happens... I'm not really sure what substantial progress is in the NMB's eyes but 3 days spent on 100% dh pay and not having to call the company after being bought off for OE doesn't seem like "substantial progress" to me
The same argument could be made prior to almost any other recent strikes. Be ready, in case you're wrong.
And remember, FULL RETRO! Indigo does not want to pay, and they just might bet a few million to test our resolve.
Incidentally, almost everyone I've flown with in the last six months is totally committed to taking it as far as we need, to get what we are worth.