Originally Posted by
feltf4
You know the future? You know that the next time we negotiate section 6 that it won’t change? You know that for 100% certain? Do you know when the company will be profitable? Do you know when the covid is gone? It’s amazing how dense we are and how incredibly smart you are. (Just not smart enough to know the 220 captain bid number).
Nothing is free BTW.
I wasn’t going to respond but here I am. Yeah, I’d bet a few paychecks their stance on PS won’t change unless the entire BoD, management team, and their lawyers change out. Don’t take my word for it though...ask your reps or the current or past NC and get their opinion. If they walk out of the room when PS is mentioned now when there is no profit, and did the same when there was a ton of profit a few years ago during negotiations, why would they all of a sudden give that up next round? Thinking they might come around next time, when there is most likely zero leverage and the pilot group holds the keys to nothing, like they do now, defies logic.
And you keep saying I can’t know for certain when they will return to profitability, but that is completely irrelevant. As mentioned many times, PS only costs them money when they are profitable. So whether they are next profitable in 2022, 2023, 2025, or 2030, it doesn’t matter and doesn’t change the thesis behind my argument one iota.