Originally Posted by
boeingdvr
Amazon is in control - they don’t have direct access to the pilots, so let’s send out a press release saying we will take their 20 old ass 767’s away for wanting money to fly them.
The ol’ whip saw two step.
A contract is still years away, Amazon and atlas have many plays in their play book, and not one of them include more money for the Atlas Pilots.
I wish there was a nefarious, master plan. I fear the truth is much more silly.
I fear the problem is individual motivations and egos rather than some larger machination. Once someone hangs their professional, personal or social identity on a given course of action any reevaluation involves a certain loss of face. That loss of face affects career progression, etc. So the incentives at the very top are to dig in one's heels regardless of the outcomes for shareholders, flight safety, etc.
This is why we are proclaiming that we're doing a great job and lauding ourselves when we still haven't announced any corrective action since we crashed an airplane and killed three people. The same things that have broken our safety systems here have also broken executive decision-making process.
I like Amazon citing this labor issues and Atlas specifically. It suddenly re-prioritizes things in terms of career risk and sets an incentive for various parties to be the first to compromise rather than the last to hold-out in front of customers and shareholders.