Originally Posted by
EA CO AS
Speaking of business decisions, it occurs to me that management's decision to seek pay rates that were less than the Big Four was actually in the best interest of the business, and also the pilots....
This results in stagnant growth, meaning fewer upgrade opportunities or even poor job security if the company had to resort to cutbacks. ...
This is some Grade A Stockholm Syndrome propaganda you're pushing right here.
"I only beat you because it's good for you, baby."
PAH-LEEEZE. You're not offering any guarantees that low costs and sacrificed pay will translate into growth. After all, ALK management loves to beat their chests about that industry leading profit margin, and growth plans will surely cut into that bar graph. Crew pay constitutes less than 8% of total operational costs, but yet you pretend that the entire airline hinges on the cost of the pilots. By the way, this has been a spectacular diversion from the original point of "What's the plan?" With the projected 737 deliveries and the anticipated loss of the Airbus fleet, ALK is looking at a net loss of aircraft over the next decade.
You don't have to be a business major to use addition.