Originally Posted by
Pilotpip
What has northwest accomplished? All I see is a contractual payraise this year. They still don't have anything close to what they had prior to concessions.
ASA? Their contract is just on par with the better ones out there. By the time everybody goes through negotiations (which nearly every contract is amendable) it will likely be near the bottom. One of the pitfalls of going first.
NWA- Did you notice how slow they taxied over the summer? I don't know the exact details. But they were getting paid only the time they flew (hence slow taxi speed). Now they are getting 'block' values, 50% premium pay over 80 hours, and other things.
ASA- They got management to negotiate. And they got a TA. I didn't say it was a good TA. But its a hell of a lot of progress, from the 5 year stand still.