Originally Posted by
da42pilot
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.
I am keenly aware of managements mandate to get us to do our job as cheaply as possible. My (unions) mandate is to be as highly compensated as possible. It’s kinda hard to ask for concessions when the company is printing money. By your logic we should take a pay cut because we don’t provide a ROI.
When the economy/industry takes a turn they will come for the aforementioned pay cuts. History has proven it. This is possibly the best environment in the negotiating cycle. If not now then when?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-avianca-colombia/avianca-to-get-200-million-loan-promised-by-united-kingsland-idUSKBN1WM1W2
On a side note; management decided to issue a second loan to Avianca in spite of the fact that the union is grieving the first loan. Again, I’m not buying the nice guy routine.
Cue the company apologists in 3,2,1.....