Originally Posted by
Big E 757
I can’t remember the exact catalyst, I think it was the 777 or 737-800, we had the power to hold the company hostage and achieved rates on one of the two airframes that were much higher than the industry for that aircraft....that was the day 3.B.(6 I thought) was put on the chopping block by management for the 2001 contract. It was a while ago, so my recollection is fuzzy, but managements said never again. I think it was the 777 because they cancelled half of the existing orders and blamed us.
I wasn’t around for that one but do recall the “parking” from my time at a previous carrier. This was valuable because it was a mechanism that continued to provide wage parity beyond the amendable date. That was a huge loss IMHO. C'est la vie, I just wish we would learn from our past.