Originally Posted by
Andy
The difference here is that no one openly hopes for a Yucatan meteor. Plenty of you guys at LCCs are openly hoping that AMR files for BK (along with the rest of the legacies).
Ridiculous. Pointing out that sometimes management uses techniques to drive down costs and get out of contracts is merely stating facts, no different than saying they delay negotiations trying to deny raises as long as possible. That is exactly what they do. And with the pattern bargaining (and the fundamental unfairness of the RLA) anything that drives one pilot group down tends to drive them all down.
And if that was directed at me personally please read what I had to say in this thread:
Negotiating in the time of Coronavirus.
The point is, we have a lot of people that are good professional pilots and even a lot of fun to fly with, but are still naive in the ways of the business world. They need to think and learn about these things, understand the possibilities and ramifications, both for their own sakes and for the sake of the rest of us. Ignorance is not bliss and knowledge is not dancing on anyone’s grave.