Originally Posted by
TerrainOnND
Forget legacies; let's compare this AIP with Southwest...
Substandard pay rates
Substandard retirement
No profit sharing (huge amount of money)
PBS (SWA still has line bidding)
Plus, SWA (and others) are gearing up for their next contract.
Exactly what management wants you to focus on. Here's the problem... What will the other airlines' pay be in 3 or 4 years? Guess where Spirit's pay will be in comparison. Right back to the current situation.
Guess where we'll be with this current mediator?
Sitting on ice making "43%" less than the current AIP is my guess. It has already happened once and I'd be surprised if many would be willing to do it again for 6-12 months for additional 15-30k a year.
Timing is everything and we hold hiring potential leverage, but that's it. Everything else in this current contract is outdated crap and hardly worth the risk.
Look, turning turning down a contract when sitting at or near to the top is one thing. THIS IS NOT THAT THING. Like it or not, if you want legacy pay, and not Alaska legacy pay because they're whining too, go to a legacy. It always has been and always will be.
Passer, I'll give you a 5% chance you'll get to strike in the current climate. But as Jim Carey says, "so your saying I've got a chance".
Best of luck all. I'm waiting to READ the TA because this much speculation is useless.