Originally Posted by
symbian simian
With retro/signing bonus never (AFAIK) 100% I cannot believe the unions don't even have it as a survey item, at least ours didn't, and haven't seen it mentioned anywhere. You would at least think COLA+1% should be a given to not end up at amendable date +1005 days....
"Executive Vice President Bob Jordan talked about the pilot constraint issue during his company's first-quarter earnings call."We talked a lot about what's constraining the airline. And right now, that is pilot hiring. So, we have aircraft effectively that we are not producing capacity out of today because the constraint is just pilots," he said.""
https://www.thestreet.com/travel/sou...m4yCfnv_VJm6zI
You would want whatever the data projected inflation to be come amendable date to move the needle on timelines. Pretty sure 1% will never accomplish that. I’m not so sure that an increase in perpetuity doesn’t just push back the amendable date indefinitely? You might have to become status quo to trigger sec 6? That’s what happens anyway going year 3-4 or 4-5. Everything else has been implemented by that point.
But yes I agree with your point if it’s possible? Someone mentioned a commuter had that first year past amendable. You could do that if it was put in the day before amendable. The problem there might become you just pushed back early openers (typically 6 months). Anyhow just spit balling without looking anything up.