Originally Posted by
Lewbronski
Okay, does the ALPA National Economic and Financial Analysis group publish their data? Will they release it to someone outside of ALPA?
What are the most current figures from the ALPA National Economic and Financial Analysis group for block time at Delta and SWA? What specifically about the MIT data would make the ALPA National Economic and Financial Analysis group laugh someone out of the room?
You make a statement like that which may or may not be true but don’t provide any specific, credible information or references as to why it is the case. I’m not saying you’re wrong. I’m just saying, not knowing you from Adam, what you’re saying could simply be nothing more than your opinion based on rumors you’ve heard.
Of course they don't publish it. It is proprietary, highly coveted, and valuable. They will release it to certain company financial analyst personnel when in the course of assisting a represented pilot group's bargaining. Even then, they will only do so when it is protected by NDA. They obviously release it to union personnel that are assisting with the bargaining process as well.
If SWAPA wants access to those types of analyses then they must hire E&FA to do that work. The APA has done this frequently in the past. I assume that SWAPA has paid a third party to do some sort of contractual deep-dive cost analysis on your current contract and any requested changes. If they have, then you can attempt to get that data from SWAPA, though they likely won't let you have it without you signing an NDA.
All this goes to say is that your well-intentioned posts are basically based on "trust me bro" numbers. You think you're doing your pilot group a favor by "educating" them, but you're likely not. You're swaying them based on your assumptions and the numbers from suspicious and unreliable sources.
SWAPA should be communicating these types of things to your pilot group. If they aren't, then you possibly have bigger fish to fry.