Originally Posted by
rightseat
I am not a company guy but our ivory tower brain trust has weathered an incredible storm in the best condition of any the major airlines, with the least debt, with the greatest airframe and training facility flexibility for expansion among the major airlines. Period
Their greatest weakness is labor to meet the expansion goals. We need to leverage the position we are in. This opportunity for labor advances may not come again for decades.
To be an APC "cool kid" you have to pontificate in detail about every misstep and refuse to believe there is any possibility of good news. I remember reading on APC that it takes ten years to hold ATL, upgrade will be 15 years, and so on.
The company will expand or contract it's flying based on market demands, not as a negotiating tactic. For sure the company going to negotiate very hard, but not everything they put out is propaganda.
The current hiring and upgrade plans basically put us back to 2019 staffing levels. To serve the new markets and fly the planes coming next year hiring and upgrading will need at run full speed.