Originally Posted by
Guppydriver95
I think we’re taking past each other a little bit. My point is that if the company had their way, they would start and end with a dollar value that they were willing to spend. They ALWAYS end up spending more.
Why? It’s because we push them beyond what they say they want to spend. That’s the negotiators job. Some things, as you mentioned, can be horse traded. Others, are just gonna cost money. That’s the bottom line. And we should remember that the next time a suit tries to tell us that it’s a zero sum negotiation. Because it isn’t.
If the company had their way, there would be no RLA or ALPA and they would pay the bare min it required to put butts in seats regardless of qualifications.
That’s not a slight against the company either, we realize what it means to have experience up front. They’re looking at what it costs to move an airplane from A to B and maximizing share holder return.
Like I tell people, you’re not paying me to fly you from DSM to PSP.... you’re paying for my experience the day you’re on an airplane out of DSM into the ice at mins and an engine catches fire with a deferred APU. You’re paying for that 1%, not the 99%.