Originally Posted by
jj158
Thanks for your reply. Can you point me towards the date of the email that the union said that? Everything I've read has been, "The company and the union are working tirelessly and we've never had a better relationship." But I very likely could have missed this given we get Pay Day Hotlines, ALPA fast reads, and a few other consistent emails from them.
I think it was roughly August 15.
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The Company has openly stated it is not willing to take on any spending beyond what it absolutely needs to in order to ensure a viable future for our airline. This posed a major challenge for furlough mitigation, as many options for it do have a bit of a cost over furlough or voluntary furlough (which we already have contractual language for). Even though your negotiators tried to offset that risk and posed some solutions for a downside guarantee, there was no way to completely eliminate the possibility of additional cost.”
So ATW would rather junior man and make the non furloughed/downgraded pilots miserable than do the right thing and properly staff the airline. The amount of open time next month is a glaring Testament to that.
At least management will be able to afford cognac for their brady old fashioneds, guac for their chipotle and ranch for their cheese curds while the rest of us lose our houses and our cars in the mean time.