Originally Posted by
notEnuf
That’s true, unfortunately we have a labor market hindered by the RLA. That alone limits our negotiating power and sets an artificial time line that is easily manipulated by management by either early pressure when the time frame is conducive to less value ie early (2015) or stalling (2019) or immediate (2020). This is not a fair or free market.
It is a fair and free market, it just has the turning radius of an SR-71 at mach 3. Contract cycles last 3-4 years therefore gains and losses take time. We continued to get pay raises in 2002 due to our contract even though we were rapidly going downhill as a company. (our gain) We missed the cycle in 2020 and the company will reap the rewards(such as they are) for years to come.
I get what you are saying, it's just kinda semantics at this point. I still think the company has the majority of the leverage. For us to wield that cudgel, the company must first return to profitability