Originally Posted by
KnockKnock
This "snap up" won't save us from only getting 4%. JB and SW are pretty far off from getting anything. The top 3 will have to exceed $350 within the next 11 months for the average to cancel out the bottom two. These rates will be ours to own for the next 6 years, maybe longer. For years I've heard 99% of this group say we're never again going to accept 5% less. Now guys are tripping over their deeks to do just that. Inflation calculators have your 2019, $266/hr rate at $308 today. Do you believe you're worth $2 less than a mere inflation bump? If you really, truly, believe we hold all the cards, why are we settling for rates below a known range? Send it back and be confident in your Royal Flush.
No. The average snap up is for carriers who have new contracts. Alaska comes out the gate with $306. DL comes out at $315, UA comes out with $320? You get $317.50. Wasn’t the company offering $280 TOS less than a year ago? Alaska coming out of the gate first as the 6th biggest airline with these rates creates the BASE of where the big 5 are going to start negotiating, because even the big 3 demand a premium which is subsided by widebody flying. The snap up does not include carriers in negotiations. Did you read the TA at all? Are you willing to blow up your entire TA to go back to the table to make an extra $160/mo? I have a feeling your $318 at year 2 will be $330 and year 3 will be around $345.