Originally Posted by
Bluedriver
No, that doesn't answer my question. We asked, and pushed very hard (not max hard, but a strong effort was made). On several occasions. They absolutely refused, said it was a "non-starter".
Why is it a "non-starter" for management if they can just "accounting trick" their way out of paying us?
That would be a question you would have to ask management, not me. But you could ask the same thing about EVERY SINGLE CBA IMPROVEMENT you want in the JCBA. WHY WOULD. THEY GIVE IT TO YOU NOW IF THEY DIDN’t give it to you last time?
But that’s a pretty defeatist attitude. Last time they did not have a pilot shortage or be hemorrhaging FOs to the legacies OR NEED A JCBA TO GET RETURN ON A SEVERAL BILLION DOLLAR PURCHASE. So now is NOT the time to start negotiations with a “they’ll never concede on that issue” attitude or it will soon become a self fulfilling prophecy. We’ve not had leverage like this ever. Now is the time to think big.
And I ask you again-
What has it cost THEM in negotiating capital to stick you with the current (pretty much non-functional) profit sharing you now have? That’s an honest question - not a dig.