Originally Posted by
flightlessbirds
Why do we keep taking about concessions? In this market we should get rates + insurance. If AWAC doesn’t have the money they should be charging UAL more. If they can’t do that they won’t be competitive in this market.
It has nothing to do with concessions, the thing is our compensation is in the top for those with medical issues that need and use the insurance and in the very bottom for everyone else. There needs to be a way to make our compensation package the top for everyone, not just a few. Changing to a more balanced insurance plan would allow this. The expensive HMO plan isn’t sustainable if it’s not full of young healthy people in the pool, very few young healthy people will come here and sign up for the plan due to the much lower compensation for them. It’s a double edged sword. Without young people the plan is expensive, but because it’s expensive we can’t attract young people because they get no benefit in the insurance.