Originally Posted by
Hedley
Making the trigger to restore mpg equal to the best year in airline history has risk. Attaching that to revenue would also be a huge risk. Fares are going to be low for a while as airlines compete for market share and try to build back customer confidence. We may haul just as many passengers, but wouldn’t meet a revenue trigger. If we have to lower the MPG, the trigger should be the level of revenue when we signed the contract, not the year that broke all of the records.
Yep. Again, not privy to the methodology. I would like to see something tied to crew utilization. We are already down about 600 pilots since the peek, so in order to operate where would were in 2019, we would need everyone working a full schedule PLUS hire more pilots. In other words, we could all be working 100% and still not meet the 2019 levels. If it's tied to crew utilization, it would simply adjust up based on how many pilots we need to staff the operation. And of course, the numbers need to move one direction: UP. Don't want to come up to 100% utilization and then the next month go down to 70% with a corresponding decrease in MPG. looking forward to what is in the deal.
Another, and even better option, would be to simply follow and enforce the contract that we have. It took years to get back what was given away before. This time is always different, we always give in, and the company always takes it anyway.
Yep. However, the contract is our leverage.