Originally Posted by
Happyflyer
PSA is not offering “the right work rules” Therefore no matter how much you like it wherever you are at, that will not be what PSA gets.
If PSA were able to bundle the cost of SAP into PBS they could get the “right work rules”, but a high tide lifts all boats. Envoy and Piedmont would want to switch to PSA’s PBS and they don’t have the contractual equity via quid pro quo.
They would eventually be in front of an independent mediator who wouldn’t care how PSA got PBS. 3 other large regionals have it, and if PSA sells SAP for it they’d be a fourth, therefore the mediator would easily justify Envoy and Piedmont PBS on par with the industry.
This would force AA to pay for SAP at all 3 WO regionals because once it’s sold for PBS gains it’s no longer an outliner situation.
I would guess AA would offer SAP for 1% flow, but no dollar value to PBS.
The PSA union expects high water to lift all boats, and if Envoy and Piedmont are already at or near 1% flow, then it’s a matter of time for PSA to “party up”, same way Envoy and Piedmont “partied up” when PSA announced new pay rates.
EXACTLY!!! This guy gets it!! Its been the PBS rinse, wash, repeat for now 3 MEC administrations. All 3 MEC's have missed the big industry picture. PSA is not its own airline. PSA sells one ticket a year just one, and that ticket is to AA. What happens at PSA moves the spreadsheet at the other 2 WO.
There is no coincidence that with PSA's previous NC chair JD that PBS was the hill that whole committee would die on while just recently PDT received FLICA.
AA and all the WO mgmts were holding out the whole time expecting ST, and JD, to get PBS done, meanwhile PDT was made to continue their old antiquated bidding process........ST gets removed...Wait sorry "resigned" then PBS talks go to a crawl.......And now magically very recently PDT finally gets FLICA. Cmon Man!!!! ( I got a boat to sell yall in the desert if you dont see it)
SAP was labeled the enemy to the furlough pilots, but it ended up being the contractual block that helped keep us from having an awkward meeting with one of our brothers while "Dad" watched.
ALPA continues to sit around like an Ape eating a banana!