Originally Posted by
rickair7777
If business is bad, even if you don't think that impacts potential CBA pay, it obviously impacts seniority progression, upgrades, and bonuses. Simple-minded pilots think the company is an unlimited source of potential endless largess, with no upper limit, if only their union can squeeze blood from the stone. Unfortunately there's more to it than that.
You're not thinking this through. The worst case scenario is not landing at MCI during a transcon, You're being ridiculous. The worst case is augmenting crews and blocking seats, something that's happened at other airlines since the invention of large fuel tanks. Augmenting crews will actually improve your career progression, as it will require additional pilots and FAs to be added to the company rolls.
And if you think adding crews is too much for the company bottom line, then that would firmly put you in category of management sympathizer.
Originally Posted by
rickair7777
And I don't like it when .gov artificially creates circumstances which are bad for business.
Rickair hates government intervention.
Rickair also works in *checks notes* a highly regulated industry governed by an independent government agency.
Methinks that since this is coming from librul commie Cali, you're automatically inclined to be against meal breaks. Which is a shame.
One final point, if AS does follow through and shutter SFO, LAX, and SAN, the fallout will be catastrophic. The displacements alone will force all the fencesitters to leave. Even cheerleaders like ShyGuy would leave. The company would not survive.