Unfortunately the days of Herb are gone. The BOD retained FH a few years ago. The first step in FH strategy is to find loopholes and reinterpret loose language, all the while breaking down relationships between employees and employee groups, the part of our culture that made our company successful and unique. We’ve been seeing this with MX.
By retaining such a firm the BoD has decided that the corporate status quo is more important than our history and culture. Have all the fond memories you want, but we have to adapt to the current corporate environment if we’re going to have a satisfactory TA.
In this environment there is no reason we can’t have industry leading pay and all the other benefits (that are standard at other companies) as well.
If you look at the demographic of the pilot group, a large portion are new on property or junior in their seat. I think there will be different expectations with the next contract.