Originally Posted by
RJDio
Well let’s all just remember, the company has money for:
Billions in buybacks
New RJ’s for express
New livery
New uniforms for all work groups
Hundreds of millions to loan to Avianca
New ground equipment
Spending money on things that pay for themselves is easy. RJs generate a monetary ROI. New ground equipment saves money by increasing reliability/reducing waste. New livery and uniforms also generate a ROI, although not directly.
Like it or not, a pay rise for pilots isn’t going to yield an ROI to United unless they negotiate other productivity improvements. And that’s the way they see it.