Originally Posted by
chrisreedrules
My personal opinion, for whatever you want to take it for… I think full retro is a pipe dream. There should be some reasonableness from both sides about exactly what Covid was… A black swan that made negotiating a contract and trying to plan for the future of the operation nearly impossible. Yes. I do understand the importance of retro. I just don’t see retro back to the contract’s amendable date as being realistic.
That being said I don’t think we’ll see a contract anytime soon. The economy is on a steady pace heading straight for a recession, the severity and length of which is still tbd. If you were in management shoes would you be willing to commit to big gains for your most expensive labor group at a time when the future is still uncertain? No. You drag it out until the recession hits and the bargaining environment is more favorable to you.
I’ll be pleasantly surprised if I’m wrong. I hope I’m wrong.
There could be an argument made about the time under the actual CARES act and retro, I could see that. But it would be an argument that also has to address how we have a contract that should have been done in 2019, before any COVID stipulations. If the company wants to skirt out on full retro over the cares act time for PR/Political fallback- I see that, but the cost needs to be put into the contract so all pilots are made whole. It’s all in the accounting. No relief to be given by dragging feet is the only way the feet stop dragging. If the company needs relief, they pay to play.