Originally Posted by
conquestdz
WOCL override is absolutely a weak point, and we do a bunch of it, I give you that one. Reserve QOL is going to be really good, probably to the point that it goes senior. DC is right in the average, Delta gets more sick accrual, but they lose it every year. I just don't see the bad parts as bad enough to take the risk of missing our window. I think we lock it in now and come back for more when this one is up for renewal.
This line of thinking is exactly how we fell so far behind the industry. Time, value of money. Lock this in now and get 'em next time. We'll lose too much money due to the time it takes to continue negotiating. Etc. Etc. This thinking is why we, at AS, in 2022, had to spend all our negotiating time and capital on Scope and Work rules. Things almost every other major airline has had for years if not decades. The NC focued on the same 4 pillars from the JCBA negotiations. Did "mostly" fine there but left the rest of the contract untouched. We won't see this negotiating environment again. This is a once in a career moment. There is no getting them next time, my friend.