Originally Posted by gargonp

As I see it we're not going to get huge pay raises with the coronavirus going on. Recovery is supposedly going to be at least 2 years. Why can't we focus on closing a contract with the quality of life improvements (that management said they could not give when we were over staffed) now with pay tied to inflation via the Consumer Price Index? We can double down on pay issues on the next iteration of the contract. Requires more pilots to fly the schedule so less furlowed, management wins when we postpone our huge asks for bk recovery, and we all win by trashing the optimiser. Kill this alv/tlv reduction mess now and move forward on negotiations. Wistful thinking may be, but sure would be nice.