Originally Posted by
guppie
I get it. You've lost your left seat and now you're scared for your job. Join the club. It's called Aviation. Your cheer leading for concessions is well documented. Thankfully, any givebacks will have to clear the MEC before we even get a vote. Because sure as sheet, when the company puts out 3500 furlough notices, we'll have 3000+ yes votes to whatever concessions make it out of the MEC (human nature, I've been there, done that). That reduced guarantee idea you were touting sounds great, and unique, too! <tic>. We (UAL) reduced it from 78 to 75 in Contract 2000. To 65 in concessionary Contract 2003. Was able to boost it to 70/73 in 2012. Never once heard of the company prodding the union to increase it due to the good times. LOL. Why pay reserves 73 if you can pay them less? Check out the utilization rate for the last few years... the do dah days!! 73 is almost 20 hours more than average RSV credit. Full pay/ last day.
again with the straw-manning dude. I’m not scared. I’m so junior in my seat that almost any staffing less than 95% would’ve bumped me. If you can’t take me at my word there, I’m not sure the point of discussing things.
The very obvious difference that I see in our viewpoints is that your ilk is refusing to acknowledge is that you were under a concessionary bankruptcy contract. If the company has the ability to disregard a sunsetting LOA, then our ENTIRE UPA is as good as kindling. The change in MPG will be 1 of 200 protections of the UPA that are no longer in effect. I’d worry more about my retirement, rest requirements and overworking provisions personally. I’m sure each person has QOL issues that they’d hate to lose.
obviously reductions in pay and or any other quality-of-life/pay protections do not affect staffing needs 1 ounce. I do not think anyone is advocating that we help save the company money. I’ve made my peace with whatever happens, I just happen to think they refusal to temporarily change MPG is more about money than precedent.