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Originally Posted by
7576FO
One of the worst things that ever happened to this industry was the willingness of the unions in agreeing to the b-scale concept, no matter what their rationale.
If salary costs must be reduced (and that is a significant IF), then everyone on the property should be a "contributor", not just one portion of the seniority list.
JMHO.
True. The B-scale laid an egg of disunity, which later hatched into pension-dumping, which clearly led to the "age 65" rule. Avoiding it (after the AMR pilots caved), would probably have required a strike, because our management was positively irrational on the subject. They rejected an offer of equivalent savings contributed by all pilots, reportedly saying: "No, it has to be a B-scale, and we won't hire until we get one,
even if it is in our interest to do so!"