Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Costing is the biggest single part of contract negotiations. The company and union cost out every single item. In the end the company wants to have a reasonably competitive cost per block hour for pilots. Within that number they really don’t care where the money is spent.
And here is the reason for Ed’s comment that he will/wants to wait for United and AA to come to a contract agreement before us. If they don’t then he knows Delta will have to pony up big time. Whereas if he waits he can point to them and claim we will be non competitive if we get what we are asking for....
Denny