Originally Posted by
Itsajob
......and a pony.
As much as I’d love a contract, I don’t see the urgency for the company to sign anything. Why sign a cost increase when they can wait it out and see if a recession or other event changes the game? Without scope relief, there isn’t that much motivation for them to do anything other than play the negotiating game..........and scope relief isn’t an option.
They’ve been negotiating with our union in earnest for over a year, The ability to forecast our labor cost over the next several years allows them to do better long term planning, obtain better financing for new aircraft and debt refinancing. There’s a lot of benefits to labor stability.