Originally Posted by
Margaritaville
Did any of you guys ever think that maybe Andrew has built a self fueling machine that keeps him and his drinking buddies in the high paying no fly jobs? IBT actually has a very long history of leaders doing this.
Nope, can't wrap up negotiations. Need to wait for a legacy to get a TA! Which won't happen until some time next year. (Gotta keep that negotiating budget and all the people involved with it working! Let the catered lunches, nice hotels, and bar tabs roll!)
The company doesn't respect us so you gotta file grievances! File, file, file! Grieve everything, let us decide if it has merit! Keep 'em rolling in! (Gotta justify that tens of millions slush fund that bankrolls said activities above. The one they claim passed by a large margin but everyone you talk to says they voted no. The one they tied to a new contract, which they now admit they are intentionally stalling. Not hard to imagine one motivation to stall it as tens of millions of dollars roll in. They've also rebuffed any requests for a full accounting of that fund and what it's been used for, because strategery and reasons.)
And I still haven't gotten an acceptable answer why Andrew lives in Phoenix but bids a line in PGD except to increase his pay by holding a better schedule there than he would get in IWA. I know most of you guys view Andrew as a saint that can do no wrong, but there seems to be a lot of stuff that ain't right going on behind the scenes. But the man's an awesome salesman, I'll hand him that. Or maybe he's a con man.
Drinking the margaritas early today?
The EXCO's bid status is irrelevant. He gets 120 PCH every month, and it would be the same whatever city he bids in. This isn't top secret, you can see it on the bid awards along with the FPL the other union guys are bidding for.
Plenty of mgmt pilots bid random bases and work in Vegas, this is a fairly routine subject. Do all the ALPA leaders at Delta have to bid ATL? Of course not.
The last video said we aren't going to talk about hourly pay til the rest of the contract is done, because rates are a moving target with AA/DL/UA in negotiations. I wouldn't expect anything other than this strategy, pay rates are the easiest thing to bargain because they are simple numbers. Wait to do that til the end.