Originally Posted by
flightlessbirds
no they provide a new entry point for further negotiations from a extreme position of pilot weakness. Rule No. 1 of negotiations. Never reopen something from a position of weakness. Keep it closed.
Also those ‘temporary’ provisions will be a new lower starting point for imposed concessions when/if RAH and/or UAL take another trip through BK court.
The time to negotiate furlough contract language is during the up cycle when no one wants to spend negotiating capital on it. Not during the crisis.
In essence they lower the bar and make the profession less worthwhile on the other side of the crisis.
Or, this floats them through a temporary crisis, passenger demand is back up to 80% of where it was within a year, and nothing significant changes while at the same time protecting pilots from financial ruin. Republic pilots are still getting roughly the same pay per duty day, since they’re only making them work a fraction of what they were before, and I’m pretty sure United has a similar deal. Shoot, if the company wants to negotiate voluntary part time pilots when this is over, sign me up....
Let’s revisit this in a year.