Originally Posted by
Flyboy8784
It hasn’t been though. He said 50% for the SLI ruling and it turned out to be 60 %
Anyone could’ve made that guess when one side wants 30/70 and the other wants 70/30
The point is that relying on rumors, speculation and heresay from anyone other than the union or direct mouth of mgmt serves no purpose but to created anxiety, frustration, depression, angst....all that bad stuff.
The only way to keep this pilot group together is through UNITY.
So let’s see, I have given you:
Last major AS aircraft order a couple of weeks before it was announced
Couple months heads up on the furlough
Told you pay, scope, and retirement numbers from the arbitration
Gave you real 2018 hiring numbers last September, when everyone else was saying 450
Gave you the fabric for the SLI construction. I know I said 620 would be the entry point of the VX pilots and it turned out 530. Other then the 7-1 early on, which I knew was a stretch and in my mind was confident it would be 2-1 to 4-1 more realisticly.
I even told you the top 200 at VX relative seniority would move backwards 24%. Who else was even close. Everyone laughed at me. What happened to the top 200 at VX.... Sovereign BBB A320 anyone?
How close was my SLI prediction a year out? I can’t control what three neutrals do, but I can look at the facts and give you the framework.
More then two years ago, I told everyone this SLI would be constructed considering, company viability, pay, retirement, and quality of their current career...and you all laughed. What an idiot you said, I didn’t understand how an SLI worked... only you did and it would be a relative integration. look back its all there.
After the arbitration hearing on the SLI was done... I said we would get our proposal without the back end feathering. I know I was way off?
50%, why did I say that you may ask. We were told to expect 60-40%
Told you 90 seat scope was being sold for pennies
Gave you the exact date of JFK closure when the company was saying they were still undecided
Told you I don’t see many if any 320’s here 5 years from now
Gave you really good hiring numbers for the next 3 years barring a major recession
Now I tell you about a 320 displacement and... you all laugh, what an idiot, my rep said they fired you...
Yeah your right sir... I bet you could easily do the same