Originally Posted by
Grumble
SK would LOVE nothing more than for us to shoot this down, put us on ice, and continue to save $5m/day for several more years. They’ll push back and gleefully wait for the NMB to engage, in 18-24 months. Then they’ll snatch back all kinds of things to “industry standard.”
Don’t fool yourself. SK got exactly what he wanted out of this- he no longer has to appeal to pilots to staff his growth plans. Yes he’s loved saving cash through negotiations, but he also hasn’t really
needed the upgrades yet. That would have become a growing problem to him over time & he knew it.
You may say he paid us enough to justify making this concession- which is fine, but he’ll
gladly sign those retro checks when the time comes.