Originally Posted by
baseball
on the serious side...Management has likely game planned this out.
What do you think of this possibility? Bring on this new jet and configure it to comply with scope. Result: RASM and PRASM, and other economic metrics are simply ignored in the short term so that management can be in position to make a long term play.
Another words, management is happy to lose money for 3 to 7 years if they can find a way to reconfigure the jets and/or similar jets later on if they can find a way to get around scope and/or kick the can so long they force the pilots to capitulate and give up scope.
I think this CRJ 550 or whatever they are calling it is a long term and not a short term play. Sorta like ISIS has a 2000 year plan, Kirby has a 30 year plan and this is phase one.
Originally Posted by
baseball
Bringing this jet on is a clear indication that we will get no contract, at all, ever.
Since contracts simply become amendable and don't expire, there is no way to force management to meet our demands, and there is no way for management to force us to meet their demands....except one thing. In 20 years we will want pay improvements, etc. Another words, management writes the checks.
I hope ALPA realizes the new RJ play is a long term strategic play by management to reshape the negotiations and apply leverage to drive results in their favor.
This.
The idea that they are going to take a 70 seat aircraft and turn it into a 50 seater and it will "make money" & ''please our passengers" is ludicrous.
At what point will a market need a bigger aircraft but there wont be one since we have all our 70/76 seaters already allocated?
The fact that we have NO 100 seater is killing us.. slowly.
I also find it (sadly) humorous that it will be staffed by a single flight attendant but still have a first and a premium economy class.
Service?! NOPE.
But, it gets UAL & SK around the current Small Scope limitations.
At least now we already know our Profit Sharing for 2020 will probably be around 2-3%..
[As I've stated before (my opinion).. if we don't do some sort of E195-E2 order at this years Paris Airshow, I don't think we will have a new contract for a while. Oh well. At least we have new crappy uniforms to look forward to~]
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